"publication" in seven languages

Meaningpublication

Spanish

publicación

/publikaˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

publication

/pyblikasjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

pubblicazione

/pubblikatˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Italian doubles the b: pubblico, pubblicare.

Portuguese

publicação

/publikaˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

publicare

/publiˈkare/

fem.learned

The verbal noun of publica; publicație is a publication you can hold (a magazine).

Catalan

publicació

/publikəsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

publication

/ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃən/

from Latin/French · Old French publication, Latin PŪBLICĀTIŌNEM

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

The Latin ancestor

PŪBLICĀTIŌNEM‘a making public (from PŪBLICUS)’

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

A textbook -TIŌNEM word: -ción, -tion, -zione. Italian is the odd one out with its double bb, a learned spelling habit shared by pubblico.

English relatives: public, publish, republic, publicity