"flight" in seven languages
Meaningflight
Spanish
vuelo
/ˈbwelo/
masc.inherited
French
vol
/vɔl/
masc.inherited
Also 'theft', from voler 'to steal' — a falconer's verb.
Italian
volo
/ˈvolo/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
voo
/ˈvou/
masc.inherited
Romanian
zbor
/zbor/
neut.other source · from zbura 'to fly', of debated origin (perhaps Latin *EXVOLĀRE)
Catalan
vol
/bɔl/
masc.inherited
English
flight
/flaɪt/
native English · Old English flyht
English → ItalianflightvoloNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: volatile, volley.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
VOLĀRE‘to fly’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A noun made from the verb 'to fly'. Spanish vuelo takes the ue of stressed vuela. French vol is both a flight and a theft: a hawk 'flying' at prey gave voler 'to steal'.
English relatives: volatile, volley
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In a sentence
- esMi vuelo tiene retraso.
- frMon vol a du retard.
- itIl mio volo è in ritardo.
- ptMeu voo está atrasado.
- roZborul meu are întârziere.
- caEl meu vol va amb retard.
- enMy flight is delayed.