"jumper, sweater" in seven languages

Meaningjumper, sweater

Spanish

jersey

/xeɾˈsej/

masc.other source · English jersey (from the island)

Latin America: suéter.

French

pull

/pyl/

masc.other source · English pullover

Italian

maglione

/maʎˈʎone/

masc.other source · augmentative of maglia 'knitwear, mesh' (Latin MACULAM 'spot, mesh')

Portuguese

suéter

/suˈɛteh/

masc.other source · English sweater

Also blusa de frio in everyday Brazilian.

Romanian

pulover

/puˈlover/

neut.other source · English pullover (via French or German)

plural: pulovere

Catalan

jersei

/ʒəɾˈsɛj/

masc.other source · English jersey (from the island)

English

sweater

/ˈswɛtɚ/

native English · English sweat + -er

Spanish jersey and French pull are both borrowed from English.

English → Italianjumper, sweatermaglioneNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh.What English and Italian share

The story

Three unrelated words: Spanish named it after the Channel island famed for knitwear, French clipped English pullover, Italian says 'big knit'.