"husband" in seven languages
Meaninghusband
Spanish
marido
/maˈɾido/
masc.inherited
Also esposo.
French
mari
/maʁi/
masc.inherited
Italian
marito
/maˈrito/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
marido
/maˈɾidu/
masc.inherited
Romanian
soț
/sots/
masc.other source · Latin SOCIUM 'companion, partner'
Catalan
marit
/məˈɾit/
masc.inherited
English
husband
/ˈhʌzbənd/
native English · Old Norse húsbóndi
English → ItalianhusbandmaritoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: marital, marry, marriage.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MARĪTUM‘husband’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Another lenition triplet: t kept in Italian, voiced to d in Spanish, gone in French. French se marier 'to marry' is built on it; Italian prefers sposarsi and Spanish casarse, 'to set up house'.
English relatives: marital, marry, marriage
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In a sentence
- esSu marido es francés.
- frSon mari est français.
- itSuo marito è francese.
- ptO marido dela é francês.
- roSoțul ei e francez.
- caEl seu marit és francès.
- enHer husband is French.