"original" in seven languages
Meaningoriginal
Spanish
original
/oɾixiˈnal/
learned
French
original
/ɔʁiʒinal/
learned
plural: originaux
Italian
originale
/oridʒiˈnale/
learned
Portuguese
original
/oɾiʒiˈnaw/
learned
Romanian
original
/oridʒiˈnal/
learned
Catalan
original
/uɾiʒiˈnal/
learned
English
original
/əˈɹɪdʒənəl/
from Latin/French · Old French original, Latin ORĪGINĀLIS
English → ItalianoriginaloriginaleCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ORĪGINĀLEM‘of the beginning’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
From ORĪGŌ 'rise, source' (ORĪRĪ 'to rise', which also gave orient). Since the word is learned everywhere, the four look alike; only the g changes, following each language's g before i (x, ʒ, dʒ, dʒ).
English relatives: origin, originate, aboriginal
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In a sentence
- esEs una idea muy original.
- frC'est une idée très originale.
- itÈ un'idea molto originale.
- ptÉ uma ideia muito original.
- roE o idee foarte originală.
- caÉs una idea molt original.
- enIt's a very original idea.
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