"equipment, gear" in seven languages
Meaningequipment, gear
Spanish
/eˈkipo/
masc.borrowed · French équiper
Equipo is also 'team'.
French
/ekipmɑ̃/
masc.borrowed · Old Norse skipa, via Norman French
For sports gear, matériel is just as common.
Italian
/attrettsaˈtura/
fem.other source · attrezzo 'tool', of disputed origin
Portuguese
/ekipaˈmẽtu/
masc.borrowed · equipar ← French équiper
Romanian
/ekipaˈment/
neut.borrowed · French équipement
Catalan
/əˈkip/
masc.borrowed · equipar ← French équiper
English
/ɪˈkwɪpmənt/
from Latin/French · French équipement
The ancestor
Old Norse skipa‘to fit out a ship (skip 'ship')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French équiper first meant fitting out a ship, a word from the Norse sailors who settled Normandy; English ship is its Germanic cousin. Spanish took it from French; Italian uses its own word.
English relatives: equip, team (es equipo); ship (native cognate of the Norse root)
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In a sentence
- esAlquilamos todo el equipo de esquí.
- frOn a loué tout l'équipement de ski.
- itAbbiamo noleggiato tutta l'attrezzatura da sci.
- ptAlugamos todo o equipamento de esqui.
- roAm închiriat tot echipamentul de schi.
- caVam llogar tot l'equip d'esquí.
- enWe rented all the ski equipment.
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