"product" in seven languages
Meaningproduct
Spanish
producto
/pɾoˈdukto/
masc.learned
French
produit
/pʁɔdɥi/
masc.learned
The participle of produire, a learned verb shaped like conduire.
Italian
prodotto
/proˈdotto/
masc.learned
The participle of produrre, shaped like condurre → condotto.
Portuguese
produto
/pɾoˈdutu/
masc.learned
Romanian
produs
/proˈdus/
neut.learned
Formed in Romanian as the participle of produce.
Catalan
producte
/pɾuˈduktə/
masc.learned
English
product
/ˈpɹɑdəkt/
from Latin/French · Latin PRŌDUCTUM
English → ItalianproductprodottoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PRŌDUCTUM‘brought forth (from PRŌDŪCERE)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Learned everywhere, but French and Italian fitted the word to their verbs, so produit and prodotto look like fait and fatto, while Spanish producto keeps the Latin ct.
English relatives: produce, production, productive
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In a sentence
- esEste producto se fabrica en Italia.
- frCe produit est fabriqué en Italie.
- itQuesto prodotto è fabbricato in Italia.
- ptEste produto é fabricado na Itália.
- roAcest produs este fabricat în Italia.
- caAquest producte es fabrica a Itàlia.
- enThis product is made in Italy.
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