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"everyone, everybody" in seven languages

Meaningeveryone, everybody

Spanish

todo el mundo

/ˈtodo el ˈmundo/

inherited

Todos is just as common.

French

tout le monde

/tu lə mɔ̃d/

inherited

Italian

tutti

/ˈtutti/

inherited

Plural, so the verb is plural: lo sanno tutti.

Portuguese

todo mundo

/ˈtodu ˈmũdu/

inherited

Romanian

toată lumea

/ˈto̯atə ˈlume̯a/

inherited

Lume 'world' comes from Latin LŪMEN 'light'.

Catalan

tothom

/tuˈtɔm/

inherited

Tot + hom 'man' (HOMŌ): literally 'every man'.

English

everyone

/ˈɛvɹiwʌn/

native English · Middle English every + one

English → Italianeveryone, everybodytuttiNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: total, totally.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

TŌTUM‘whole, all’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Spanish and French say 'all the world' (todo el mundo, tout le monde); Italian simply says 'all' (tutti), with a plural verb.

English relatives: total, totally

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In a sentence

  • esTodo el mundo lo sabe.
  • frTout le monde le sait.
  • itLo sanno tutti.
  • ptTodo mundo sabe disso.
  • roToată lumea știe asta.
  • caTothom ho sap.
  • enEveryone knows that.

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