"electric" in seven languages
Meaningelectric
Spanish
eléctrico
/eˈlektɾiko/
learned
French
électrique
/elɛktʁik/
learned
Italian
elettrico
/eˈlɛttriko/
learned
Portuguese
elétrico
/eˈlɛtɾiku/
learned
Romanian
electric
/eˈlektrik/
learned
Catalan
elèctric
/əˈlɛktɾik/
learned
English
electric
/ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/
from Latin/French · New Latin ELECTRICUS
English → ItalianelectricelettricoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ELECTRICUM (New Latin)‘amber-like, from Greek ēlektron 'amber'’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Rubbed amber attracts light things, so the English physician William Gilbert named the force after the Greek word for amber. Italian assimilated the ct as usual: elettrico.
English relatives: electricity, electron, electronic
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In a sentence
- esMe he comprado un coche eléctrico.
- frJ'ai acheté une voiture électrique.
- itHo comprato un'auto elettrica.
- ptComprei um carro elétrico.
- roMi-am cumpărat o mașină electrică.
- caM'he comprat un cotxe elèctric.
- enI bought an electric car.
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