"hour" in seven languages

Meaninghour

Spanish

hora

/ˈoɾa/

fem.inherited

French

heure

/œʁ/

fem.inherited

Italian

ora

/ˈora/

fem.inherited

Ora is also 'now', from HĀC HŌRĀ 'at this hour'.

Portuguese

hora

/ˈɔɾɐ/

fem.inherited

Romanian

oră

/ˈorə/

fem.learned

The inherited doublet oară lives on meaning 'time, occurrence' (prima oară 'the first time').

Catalan

hora

/ˈɔɾə/

fem.inherited

English

hour

/aʊɚ/

from Latin/French · Anglo-Norman houre

English → ItalianhouroraCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

HŌRAM‘hour (from Greek hṓra 'season, time')’

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

Asking the time: ¿Qué hora es?, Quelle heure est-il ?, Che ore sono? — Italian asks in the plural.

English relatives: hour, horoscope