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"protection" in seven languages

Meaningprotection

Spanish

protección

/pɾotekˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

protection

/pʁɔtɛksjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

protezione

/protetˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

proteção

/pɾoteˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

protecție

/proˈtektsie/

fem.learned

Catalan

protecció

/pɾutəksiˈo/

fem.learned

English

protection

/pɹəˈtɛkʃən/

from Latin/French · Old French protection, Latin PROTECTIŌNEM

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

The Latin ancestor

PROTECTIŌNEM‘a covering in front (PRŌ + TEGERE 'to cover')’

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

The story

A textbook -TIŌNEM word: once you know one sister's -ción, -tion or -zione, you can build the other two. Italian assimilates the learned ct to tt as usual.

English relatives: protect, protective, protector

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esLa protección del medio ambiente es una prioridad.
  • frLa protection de l'environnement est une priorité.
  • itLa protezione dell'ambiente è una priorità.
  • ptA proteção do meio ambiente é uma prioridade.
  • roProtecția mediului este o prioritate.
  • caLa protecció del medi ambient és una prioritat.
  • enEnvironmental protection is a priority.

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