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"routine" in seven languages

Meaningroutine

Spanish

rutina

/ruˈtina/

fem.borrowed · French routine

French

routine

/ʁutin/

fem.inherited

A derivative of route 'road': the beaten track.

Italian

routine

/ruˈtin/

fem.borrowed · French routine

Kept in its French spelling and sound.

Portuguese

rotina

/hoˈtʃinɐ/

fem.borrowed · French routine

Romanian

rutină

/ruˈtinə/

fem.borrowed · French routine

Catalan

rutina

/ruˈtinə/

fem.borrowed · French routine

English

routine

/ɹuˈtin/

from Latin/French · French routine

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

The Latin ancestor

RUPTAM (VIAM)‘a broken (way): a road cut through’

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

The story

A routine is a little route, the road you always take; route itself is RUPTA VIA, a road 'broken' through the forest. Spanish adapted the French word, Italian kept it as is.

English relatives: route, rupture, rout

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In a sentence

  • esEl ejercicio forma parte de mi rutina diaria.
  • frLe sport fait partie de ma routine quotidienne.
  • itL'esercizio fa parte della mia routine quotidiana.
  • ptO exercício faz parte da minha rotina diária.
  • roSportul face parte din rutina mea zilnică.
  • caL'exercici forma part de la meva rutina diària.
  • enExercise is part of my daily routine.

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