"glove" in seven languages
Meaningglove
Spanish
guante
/ˈgwante/
masc.borrowed · Catalan guant
French
gant
/gɑ̃/
masc.inherited
Italian
guanto
/ˈgwanto/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
luva
/ˈluvɐ/
fem.other source · Gothic *lōfa 'palm of the hand'
Romanian
mănușă
/məˈnuʃə/
fem.other source · from mână 'hand' (Latin MANUM)
plural: mănuși
Catalan
guant
/gwan/
masc.inherited
English
glove
/ɡlʌv/
native English · Old English glōf
English → ItaliangloveguantoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: gauntlet.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Frankish *want‘mitten’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Germanic w- became gw- in Romance; Spanish and Italian still say it, French reduced it to g-. Throwing down the gauntlet is the French gant with a diminutive.
English relatives: gauntlet
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esNo olvides los guantes.
- frN'oublie pas tes gants.
- itNon dimenticare i guanti.
- ptNão esqueça as luvas.
- roNu-ți uita mănușile.
- caNo t'oblidis els guants.
- enDon't forget your gloves.