"park" in seven languages
Meaningpark
Spanish
parque
/ˈpaɾke/
masc.borrowed · French parc
French
parc
/paʁk/
masc.inherited
Italian
parco
/ˈparko/
masc.borrowed · French parc
Portuguese
parque
/ˈpahki/
masc.borrowed · French parc
Romanian
parc
/park/
neut.borrowed · French parc
plural: parcuri
Catalan
parc
/park/
masc.borrowed · French parc
English
park
/pɑɹk/
from Latin/French · Old French parc
English → ItalianparkparcoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PARRICUM‘enclosure (Medieval Latin, of uncertain, perhaps pre-Latin origin)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A medieval game enclosure became the city's green space. The word's deeper origin is unknown.
English relatives: park, paddock
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In a sentence
- esPaseamos al perro en el parque.
- frOn promène le chien au parc.
- itPortiamo a spasso il cane al parco.
- ptA gente passeia com o cachorro no parque.
- roPlimbăm câinele în parc.
- caPassegem el gos pel parc.
- enWe walk the dog in the park.