"guarantee" in seven languages
Meaningguarantee
Spanish
garantía
/ɡaɾanˈtia/
fem.borrowed · French garantie
French
garantie
/ɡaʁɑ̃ti/
fem.inherited
Italian
garanzia
/ɡaranˈtsia/
fem.borrowed · French garantie
Portuguese
garantia
/ɡaɾɐ̃ˈtʃiɐ/
fem.borrowed · French garantie
Romanian
garanție
/ɡaˈrantsie/
fem.borrowed · French garantie
Catalan
garantia
/ɡəɾənˈtiə/
fem.borrowed · French garantie
English
guarantee
/ˌɡɛɹənˈti/
from Latin/French · Old French garant, garantie
English → ItalianguaranteegaranziaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Old French garant‘warrantor, protector (a Frankish word)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A Frankish w- word that French turned into gu-/g-. English took it twice: guarantee from central French and warrant(y) from Norman French, which kept the w.
English relatives: warrant, warranty
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In a sentence
- esLa tele tiene dos años de garantía.
- frLa télé a une garantie de deux ans.
- itIl televisore ha due anni di garanzia.
- ptA TV tem dois anos de garantia.
- roTelevizorul are garanție doi ani.
- caLa tele té dos anys de garantia.
- enThe TV has a two-year guarantee.
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