"probably" in seven languages

Meaningprobably

Spanish

probablemente

/pɾobableˈmente/

learned

French

probablement

/pʁɔbabləmɑ̃/

learned

Italian

probabilmente

/probabilˈmente/

learned

Portuguese

provavelmente

/pɾovavewˈmẽtʃi/

learned

Romanian

probabil

/proˈbabil/

learned

The adjective doubles as the adverb: no -mente ending in Romanian.

Catalan

probablement

/pɾubəbləˈmen/

learned

English

probably

/ˈpɹɑbəbli/

from Latin/French · Latin, via French probable

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

The Latin ancestor

PROBĀBILEM‘provable, credible (from PROBĀRE 'to test')’

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

Adjective plus MENTE: Spanish keeps probable whole, Italian drops the e of probabile before -mente, French shrinks the ending to -ment.

English relatives: probable, prove, probe