"independent" in seven languages
Meaningindependent
Spanish
independiente
/indepenˈdjente/
learned
French
indépendant
/ɛ̃depɑ̃dɑ̃/
learned
fem.: indépendante
Italian
indipendente
/indipenˈdɛnte/
learned
Portuguese
independente
/ĩdepẽˈdẽtʃi/
learned
Romanian
independent
/indepenˈdent/
learned
Catalan
independent
/indəpənˈden/
learned
English
independent
/ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt/
from Latin/French · in- + dependent (French dépendant, Latin DĒPENDĒRE)
English → ItalianindependentindipendenteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DĒPENDĒRE‘to hang down from’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
No Roman said it: in- + dependent is an early modern coinage on DĒPENDĒRE 'to hang from'. Italian writes di- for Latin DĒ-, as in dipendere.
English relatives: depend, dependent, pendant, pending
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In a sentence
- esEs muy independiente.
- frElle est très indépendante.
- itÈ molto indipendente.
- ptEla é muito independente.
- roEste foarte independentă.
- caÉs molt independent.
- enShe is very independent.
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