"international" in seven languages
Meaninginternational
Spanish
/internaθjoˈnal/
borrowed · English international
French
/ɛ̃tɛʁnasjɔnal/
borrowed · English international
Italian
/internattsjoˈnale/
borrowed · English international
Portuguese
/ĩtehnasjoˈnaw/
borrowed · English international
Romanian
/internatsjoˈnal/
borrowed · French international (from English)
Catalan
/intəɾnəsiuˈnal/
borrowed · English international
English
/ɪntɚˈnæʃənəl/
from Latin/French · coined in English by Jeremy Bentham (around 1780) from Latin INTER + nation
The Latin ancestor
INTER + NĀTIŌNEM‘between + nation (an English coinage)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A rare case where English lent the sisters a Latin-built word: Bentham coined 'international' for the law between nations, and each sister refitted it with its own -ción, -tion, -zione.
English relatives: nation, national, interval, interior
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In a sentence
- esEs un aeropuerto internacional.
- frC'est un aéroport international.
- itÈ un aeroporto internazionale.
- ptÉ um aeroporto internacional.
- roEste un aeroport internațional.
- caÉs un aeroport internacional.
- enIt's an international airport.
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