"shower" in seven languages
Meaningshower
Spanish
ducha
/ˈdutʃa/
fem.borrowed · French douche
French
douche
/duʃ/
fem.borrowed · Italian doccia
Italian
doccia
/ˈdottʃa/
fem.inherited
Originally a water pipe or conduit.
Portuguese
chuveiro
/ʃuˈvejɾu/
masc.other source · derived from chuva 'rain' (Latin PLUVIAM)
The fixture; to shower is tomar banho.
Romanian
duș
/duʃ/
neut.borrowed · French douche
Catalan
dutxa
/ˈdutʃə/
fem.borrowed · French douche
English
shower
/ˈʃaʊɚ/
native English · Old English scūr
English → ItalianshowerdocciaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: duct, aqueduct, douche.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DUCTUM (via *DUCTIA)‘channel, conduit (from DŪCERE 'to lead')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
An Italian water-pipe word travelled to France and then to Spain, each time adapted to the local sounds: doccia → douche → ducha.
English relatives: duct, aqueduct, douche
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In a sentence
- esMe estoy duchando.
- frJe prends une douche.
- itSto facendo la doccia.
- ptEstou tomando banho.
- roFac duș.
- caM'estic dutxant.
- enI'm taking a shower.