"fast, quick" in seven languages
Meaningfast, quick
Spanish
rápido
/ˈrapido/
learned
French
rapide
/ʁapid/
learned
Italian
veloce
/veˈlotʃe/
other source · learned, from Latin VELŌCEM 'swift'
Rapido also exists in Italian.
Portuguese
rápido
/ˈhapidu/
learned
Romanian
rapid
/raˈpid/
borrowed · French rapide
The inherited descendant of RAPIDUM is the adverb repede 'quickly'.
Catalan
ràpid
/ˈrapit/
learned
English
fast
/fæst/
native English · Old English fæst
English → Italianfast, quickveloceNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: rapid, rapt, rapture (RAPERE); velocity (VELŌCEM).What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
RAPIDUM‘swift, snatching (from RAPERE 'to seize')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
RAPIDUS first described anything that snatches — a torrent, a fire. Italian prefers veloce, the word behind English velocity.
English relatives: rapid, rapt, rapture (RAPERE); velocity (VELŌCEM)
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In a sentence
- esEste tren es muy rápido.
- frCe train est très rapide.
- itQuesto treno è molto veloce.
- ptEste trem é muito rápido.
- roTrenul ăsta e foarte rapid.
- caAquest tren és molt ràpid.
- enThis train is very fast.