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"executive (power, branch)" in seven languages

Meaningexecutive (power, branch)

Spanish

ejecutivo

/exekuˈtibo/

learned

As a noun, un ejecutivo is also a business executive.

French

exécutif

/ɛgzekytif/

learned

fem.: exécutive

A business executive is un cadre.

Italian

esecutivo

/ezekuˈtivo/

learned

A business executive is un dirigente.

Portuguese

executivo

/ezekuˈtʃivu/

learned

Romanian

executiv

/eɡzekuˈtiv/

learned

Catalan

executiu

/əɡzəkuˈtiw/

learned

English

executive

/ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv/

from Latin/French · Latin, via French exécutif

English → Italianexecutive (power, branch)esecutivoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

EXSECŪTUM‘carried out (participle of EXSEQUĪ 'to follow through')’

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

The story

All four build the word on EXSECŪTUS 'followed through, carried out': the executive carries out the laws. French and Italian don't use it for a company boss (cadre, dirigente).

English relatives: execute, execution, executor

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In a sentence

  • esEl poder ejecutivo corresponde al Gobierno.
  • frLe pouvoir exécutif appartient au gouvernement.
  • itIl potere esecutivo spetta al governo.
  • ptO poder executivo cabe ao governo.
  • roPuterea executivă aparține guvernului.
  • caEl poder executiu correspon al Govern.
  • enExecutive power belongs to the government.

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