"soup" in seven languages
Meaningsoup
Spanish
sopa
/ˈsopa/
fem.inherited
French
soupe
/sup/
fem.inherited
Italian
zuppa
/ˈtsuppa/
fem.inherited
Also minestra, the everyday word for a vegetable or pasta soup.
Portuguese
sopa
/ˈsopɐ/
fem.inherited
Romanian
supă
/ˈsupə/
fem.borrowed · French soupe (or German Suppe)
The sour soups Romanians eat daily are ciorbă, a Turkish word.
Catalan
sopa
/ˈsopə/
fem.inherited
English
soup
/sup/
from Latin/French · Old French soupe
English → ItaliansoupzuppaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SUPPAM‘bread soaked in broth (Late Latin, from Germanic *suppa)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Germanic soldiers' 'sop' of bread in broth entered spoken Latin and reached all three sisters. Supper was originally the evening soup.
English relatives: soup, sup, supper (via French)
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In a sentence
- esLa sopa está demasiado caliente.
- frLa soupe est trop chaude.
- itLa zuppa è troppo calda.
- ptA sopa está quente demais.
- roSupa e prea fierbinte.
- caLa sopa és massa calenta.
- enThe soup is too hot.