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"rank (position, status)" in seven languages

Meaningrank (position, status)

Spanish

rango

/ˈrango/

masc.borrowed · French rang

French

rang

/ʁɑ̃/

masc.inherited

Italian

rango

/ˈrango/

masc.borrowed · French rang

Military rank is usually grado.

Portuguese

posição

/poziˈsɐ̃w/

fem.other source · Latin POSITIŌNEM 'placing, position' (learned)

Military rank is posto.

Romanian

rang

/rang/

neut.borrowed · French rang

Catalan

rang

/raŋ/

masc.borrowed · French rang

English

rank

/ɹæŋk/

from Latin/French · Old French ranc, renc

English → Italianrank (position, status)rangoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The ancestor

Frankish *hring‘ring, circle (of people)’

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

The story

A Germanic 'ring' of people became a row, then a place in the order. French passed rang to Spanish and Italian; English took it twice, as rank and as range.

English relatives: range, arrange; ring (the native English cognate)

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In a sentence

  • esRecibieron a un invitado de alto rango.
  • frIls ont reçu un invité de haut rang.
  • itHanno accolto un ospite di alto rango.
  • ptReceberam um convidado de alta posição.
  • roAu primit un oaspete de rang înalt.
  • caVan rebre un convidat d'alt rang.
  • enThey welcomed a guest of high rank.

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