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"health" in seven languages

Meaninghealth

Spanish

salud

/saˈlud/

fem.inherited

French

santé

/sɑ̃te/

fem.other source · Latin SĀNITĀTEM 'soundness'

Italian

salute

/saˈlute/

fem.inherited

Portuguese

saúde

/saˈudʒi/

fem.inherited

Portuguese lost the intervocalic -l-: SALŪTEM → saúde.

Romanian

sănătate

/sənəˈtate/

fem.other source · Latin SĀNITĀTEM 'soundness' (inherited, like French santé)

Catalan

salut

/səˈlut/

fem.inherited

English

health

/hɛlθ/

native English · Old English hǣlþ

English → ItalianhealthsaluteNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: salute, salutary; sanity, sanitary (fr).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

SALŪTEM‘health, safety’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Spanish and Italian keep SALŪS 'health' — also their toast (¡salud!, salute!). French santé is SĀNITĀTEM (à votre santé !), while French salut, from SALŪTEM, turned into a greeting.

English relatives: salute, salutary; sanity, sanitary (fr)

Sound laws at work

Voiceless stops between vowels soften

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In a sentence

  • esLa salud es lo más importante.
  • frLa santé, c'est le plus important.
  • itLa salute è la cosa più importante.
  • ptA saúde é o mais importante.
  • roSănătatea e cel mai important lucru.
  • caLa salut és el més important.
  • enHealth is the most important thing.

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