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"stability" in seven languages

Meaningstability

Spanish

estabilidad

/estabiliˈdad/

fem.learned

French

stabilité

/stabilite/

fem.learned

Italian

stabilità

/stabiliˈta/

fem.learned

Portuguese

estabilidade

/istabiliˈdadʒi/

fem.learned

Romanian

stabilitate

/stabiliˈtate/

fem.learned

Catalan

estabilitat

/əstəbiliˈtat/

fem.learned

English

stability

/stəˈbɪlɪti/

from Latin/French · Old French stabilité, Latin STABILITĀTEM

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

The Latin ancestor

STABILITĀTEM‘firmness (STABILIS 'able to stand')’

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

The story

Spanish adds e- before s + consonant even in learned words (estabilidad). French learned stabilité keeps the s that inherited établir lost long ago.

English relatives: stable, establish, stand

Sound laws at work

-TĀTEM: -dad, -té, -tàS + consonant at the start of a word

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In a sentence

  • esEl país necesita estabilidad política.
  • frLe pays a besoin de stabilité politique.
  • itIl paese ha bisogno di stabilità politica.
  • ptO país precisa de estabilidade política.
  • roȚara are nevoie de stabilitate politică.
  • caEl país necessita estabilitat política.
  • enThe country needs political stability.

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