"of, from" in seven languages
Meaningof, from
Spanish
de
/de/
inherited
French
de
/də/
inherited
Italian
di
/di/
inherited
'From' is usually da (vengo da Roma), probably DĒ + AB.
Portuguese
de
/dʒi/
inherited
It fuses with the article: de + os → dos.
Romanian
de
/de/
inherited
Possession is usually a case ending instead: casa părinților 'the parents' house'.
Catalan
de
/də/
inherited
English
of
/ʌv/
native English · Old English of
English → Italianof, fromdiNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DĒ‘down from, about’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin's genitive case ending was replaced by this little preposition everywhere. Spanish and French use de for both 'of' and 'from'; Italian splits them into di and da.
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In a sentence
- esLa casa de mis padres.
- frLa maison de mes parents.
- itLa casa dei miei genitori.
- ptA casa dos meus pais.
- roCasa părinților mei.
- caLa casa dels meus pares.
- enThe house of my parents.