"immediately" in seven languages
Meaningimmediately
Spanish
inmediatamente
/inmedjaˈtamente/
learned
Enseguida is the everyday word.
French
immédiatement
/imedjatmɑ̃/
learned
Tout de suite is the everyday word.
Italian
immediatamente
/immedjataˈmente/
learned
Subito is the everyday word.
Portuguese
imediatamente
/imedʒjataˈmẽtʃi/
learned
Romanian
imediat
/imeˈdjat/
learned
Catalan
immediatament
/imədiətəˈmen/
learned
English
immediately
/ɪˈmidiətli/
from Latin/French · immediate (Medieval Latin) + -ly
English → ItalianimmediatelyimmediatamenteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
IMMEDIĀTUM (Late Latin)‘with nothing in between’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Immediate means 'with nothing in the middle' (IN- + MEDIUS). Spanish keeps the prefix as in- (inmediato); French and Italian assimilate it to im-.
English relatives: immediate, medium, mediate
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esLlámame inmediatamente.
- frAppelle-moi immédiatement.
- itChiamami immediatamente.
- ptMe liga imediatamente.
- roSună-mă imediat.
- caTruca'm immediatament.
- enCall me immediately.
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