"jacket" in seven languages
Meaningjacket
Spanish
chaqueta
/tʃaˈketa/
fem.borrowed · French jaquette
French
veste
/vɛst/
fem.other source · Italian veste 'garment' (Latin VESTEM)
Also blouson for a short casual jacket.
Italian
giacca
/ˈdʒakka/
fem.borrowed · French jaque
Portuguese
jaqueta
/ʒaˈketɐ/
fem.borrowed · French jaquette
Romanian
geacă
/ˈdʒakə/
fem.borrowed · Italian giacca
plural: geci
Catalan
jaqueta
/ʒəˈkɛtə/
fem.borrowed · French jaquette
English
jacket
/ˈdʒækɪt/
from Latin/French · Old French jaquet
English → ItalianjacketgiaccaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Old French jaque‘padded tunic (origin disputed; perhaps from the name Jacques)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian took the French jaque(tte); French itself switched to veste, borrowed from Italian. A two-way trade in clothes.
English relatives: jacket; vest (VESTEM)
Learn it
In a sentence
- esEsta chaqueta te queda bien.
- frCette veste te va bien.
- itQuesta giacca ti sta bene.
- ptEssa jaqueta fica bem em você.
- roGeaca asta îți vine bine.
- caAquesta jaqueta et queda bé.
- enThis jacket suits you.