"effect" in seven languages
Meaningeffect
Spanish
efecto
/eˈfekto/
masc.learned
French
effet
/efɛ/
masc.learned
En effet means 'indeed', not 'in effect'.
Italian
effetto
/efˈfɛtto/
masc.learned
Portuguese
efeito
/eˈfejtu/
masc.learned
A semi-learned word: the Latin -CT- has been popularised to -it-.
Romanian
efect
/eˈfekt/
neut.learned
Catalan
efecte
/əˈfɛktə/
masc.learned
English
effect
/ɪˈfɛkt/
from Latin/French · Old French effect, from Latin EFFECTUM
English → ItalianeffecteffettoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
EFFECTUM‘a result, a thing accomplished (EX + FACERE 'to make')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A learned word everywhere, but each sister trimmed the ct its usual way: kept in Spanish, gone in French, doubled to tt in Italian.
English relatives: effective, efficient, affect, fact
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In a sentence
- esEl medicamento tuvo un efecto inmediato.
- frLe médicament a eu un effet immédiat.
- itIl farmaco ha avuto un effetto immediato.
- ptO remédio teve um efeito imediato.
- roMedicamentul a avut un efect imediat.
- caEl medicament va tenir un efecte immediat.
- enThe medicine had an immediate effect.
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