"hunter" in seven languages
Meaninghunter
Spanish
cazador
/kaθaˈdoɾ/
masc.inherited
French
chasseur
/ʃasœʁ/
masc.inherited
Italian
cacciatore
/kattʃaˈtore/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
caçador
/kasaˈdoh/
masc.inherited
Romanian
vânător
/vɨnəˈtor/
masc.other source · vâna 'to hunt', from Latin VĒNĀRĪ
Catalan
caçador
/kəsəˈdo/
masc.inherited
English
hunter
/ˈhʌntɚ/
native English · Old English huntian 'to hunt'
English → ItalianhuntercacciatoreNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: chase, catch, capture.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
*CAPTIĀTŌREM‘one who tries to catch (*CAPTIĀRE, from CAPERE 'to take')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Vulgar Latin *CAPTIĀRE 'to keep trying to catch' became the hunting verb. French turned ca- into cha- (chasser, whence English chase), and Spanish softened -TŌREM to -dor.
English relatives: chase, catch, capture
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In a sentence
- esEl cazador siguió las huellas del ciervo.
- frLe chasseur a suivi les traces du cerf.
- itIl cacciatore ha seguito le tracce del cervo.
- ptO caçador seguiu as pegadas do veado.
- roVânătorul a urmat urmele cerbului.
- caEl caçador va seguir les petjades del cérvol.
- enThe hunter followed the deer's tracks.