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"origin" in seven languages

Meaningorigin

Spanish

origen

/oˈɾixen/

masc.learned

Masculine in Spanish, feminine in French and Italian.

French

origine

/ɔʁiʒin/

fem.learned

Italian

origine

/oˈridʒine/

fem.learned

Portuguese

origem

/oˈɾiʒẽj/

fem.learned

Feminine, as in French and Italian.

Romanian

origine

/oriˈdʒine/

fem.learned

Catalan

origen

/uˈɾiʒən/

masc.learned

Masculine, as in Spanish.

English

origin

/ˈɔɹədʒɪn/

from Latin/French · French origine / Latin ORIGO

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

The Latin ancestor

ORIGINEM (nom. ORIGO)‘beginning, source’

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

The story

From ORĪRĪ 'to rise', like the 'rising' sun of the Orient. Mind the gender: el origen, but l'origine (f.) in French and Italian.

English relatives: original, originate, orient

Sound laws at work

Initial I- (J-) and G before E, I

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  • es¿Cuál es el origen de esta palabra?
  • frQuelle est l'origine de ce mot ?
  • itQual è l'origine di questa parola?
  • ptQual é a origem desta palavra?
  • roCare este originea acestui cuvânt?
  • caQuin és l'origen d'aquesta paraula?
  • enWhat is the origin of this word?

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