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"result" in seven languages

Meaningresult

Spanish

resultado

/resulˈtado/

masc.learned

French

résultat

/ʁezylta/

masc.learned

Italian

risultato

/risulˈtato/

masc.learned

Portuguese

resultado

/hezuwˈtadu/

masc.learned

Romanian

rezultat

/rezulˈtat/

neut.learned

Catalan

resultat

/rəzulˈtat/

masc.learned

English

result

/ɹɪˈzʌlt/

from Latin/French · Medieval Latin resultāre

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

The Latin ancestor

RESULTĀRE‘to leap back, rebound (RE- + SALTĀRE 'to jump')’

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

The story

RESULTĀRE was to bounce back; medieval scholars made the rebound a consequence. Italian turned re- into ri-, as it does throughout (ricordare, ritornare).

English relatives: resultant; salient, somersault

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In a sentence

  • esLos resultados salen mañana.
  • frLes résultats sortent demain.
  • itI risultati escono domani.
  • ptOs resultados saem amanhã.
  • roRezultatele apar mâine.
  • caEls resultats surten demà.
  • enThe results come out tomorrow.

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