Skip to content

"project" in seven languages

Meaningproject

Spanish

proyecto

/pɾoˈʝekto/

masc.learned

French

projet

/pʁɔʒɛ/

masc.inherited

Formed in French from projeter (older pourjeter 'to throw forth'), reshaped on Latin.

Italian

progetto

/proˈdʒɛtto/

masc.borrowed · French projet, reshaped on Latin PROIECTUM

Portuguese

projeto

/pɾoˈʒɛtu/

masc.learned

Romanian

proiect

/proˈjekt/

neut.borrowed · French projet and Latin PROIECTUM

Catalan

projecte

/pɾuˈʒɛktə/

masc.learned

English

project

/ˈpɹɑdʒɛkt/

from Latin/French · Latin PROIECTUM

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

The Latin ancestor

PROIECTUM‘thrown forward (PRŌICERE)’

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

The story

A project is something 'thrown forward'. The Latin consonantal I lands as Spanish y [ʝ], French and Portuguese j [ʒ] and Italian g [dʒ], the same split as in juego, jeu, gioco.

English relatives: projection, projector, inject, reject

Sound laws at work

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

Learn it

Practice the Work & money deckQuiz a friend on it

In a sentence

  • esTrabajamos en un proyecto nuevo.
  • frNous travaillons sur un nouveau projet.
  • itStiamo lavorando a un nuovo progetto.
  • ptEstamos trabalhando num projeto novo.
  • roLucrăm la un proiect nou.
  • caTreballem en un projecte nou.
  • enWe're working on a new project.

More in Work & money

All Work & money words