"expert" in seven languages
Meaningexpert
Spanish
/eksˈpeɾto/
masc.learned
Feminine experta.
French
/ɛkspɛʁ/
masc.learned
Feminine experte is now standard.
Italian
/esˈpɛrto/
masc.learned
Feminine esperta.
Portuguese
/ispesiaˈlistɐ/
masc.other source · Portuguese especial + -ista, from Latin SPECIĀLIS
Same form for a woman (a especialista). Portuguese experto means 'shrewd'; a court expert is a perito.
Romanian
/eksˈpert/
masc.borrowed · French expert
Feminine expertă.
Catalan
/əksˈpɛɾt/
masc.learned
Feminine experta.
English
/ˈɛkspɚt/
from Latin/French · Old French expert / Latin EXPERTUS
The Latin ancestor
EXPERTUM‘tried, experienced’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
An expert is someone who has 'tried' (EXPERĪRĪ). Italian again turns learned ex- into es-: esperto, esperienza.
English relatives: experience, experiment, expertise
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In a sentence
- esEs experta en historia del arte.
- frElle est experte en histoire de l'art.
- itÈ un'esperta di storia dell'arte.
- ptEla é especialista em história da arte.
- roEste expertă în istoria artei.
- caÉs experta en història de l'art.
- enShe is an expert in art history.
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