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"mission" in seven languages

Meaningmission

Spanish

misión

/miˈsjon/

fem.learned

French

mission

/misjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

missione

/misˈsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

missão

/miˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

misiune

/misiˈune/

fem.learned

Catalan

missió

/misiˈo/

fem.learned

English

mission

/ˈmɪʃən/

from Latin/French · Latin missio, via French

English → ItalianmissionmissioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

MISSIŌNEM‘a sending (MITTERE 'to send')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

MISSIO was 'a sending off': a missionary is someone sent. Spanish simplified the double s (misión); Italian still says it long (missione).

English relatives: missionary, missile, emit, transmit, dismiss

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In a sentence

  • esSu misión es ayudar a los refugiados.
  • frLeur mission est d'aider les réfugiés.
  • itLa loro missione è aiutare i rifugiati.
  • ptA missão deles é ajudar refugiados.
  • roMisiunea lor este să-i ajute pe refugiați.
  • caLa seva missió és ajudar els refugiats.
  • enTheir mission is to help refugees.

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