"shirt" in seven languages
Meaningshirt
Spanish
camisa
/kaˈmisa/
fem.inherited
French
chemise
/ʃəmiz/
fem.inherited
Also a cardboard folder.
Italian
camicia
/kaˈmitʃa/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
camisa
/kaˈmizɐ/
fem.inherited
Romanian
cămașă
/kəˈmaʃə/
fem.inherited
plural: cămăși
Catalan
camisa
/kəˈmizə/
fem.inherited
English
shirt
/ʃɝt/
native English · Old English scyrte
English → ItalianshirtcamiciaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: chemise, camisole.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CAMISIAM‘linen undergarment (Late Latin, probably of Celtic or Germanic origin)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A model ca → cha pair: Spanish camisa, French chemise. Italian turned -SI- into the tʃ of camicia, as in bacio from BASIUM.
English relatives: chemise, camisole
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In a sentence
- esLleva una camisa blanca.
- frIl porte une chemise blanche.
- itPorta una camicia bianca.
- ptEle está de camisa branca.
- roPoartă o cămașă albă.
- caPorta una camisa blanca.
- enHe's wearing a white shirt.