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"stage (of a journey or process)" in seven languages

Meaningstage (of a journey or process)

Spanish

etapa

/eˈtapa/

fem.borrowed · French étape

French

étape

/etap/

fem.borrowed · Middle Dutch stapel (Old French estaple)

Also a stage of the Tour de France.

Italian

tappa

/ˈtappa/

fem.borrowed · French étape

Italian dropped the initial vowel; for a phase of a project, fase is more usual.

Portuguese

etapa

/eˈtapɐ/

fem.borrowed · French étape

Romanian

etapă

/eˈtapə/

fem.borrowed · French étape

Catalan

etapa

/əˈtapə/

fem.borrowed · French étape

English

stage

/steɪdʒ/

other source · Old French estage 'dwelling, storey', from spoken Latin *STATICUM

English → Italianstage (of a journey or process)tappaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: staple (a market town or chief commodity).What English and Italian share

The ancestor

Middle Dutch stapel‘warehouse, trading post’

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

The story

An étape was a supply depot where travellers and troops stopped, then the distance between two depots. Spanish and Italian took the word from French; English stage is a different word, from Latin STĀRE.

English relatives: staple (a market town or chief commodity)

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In a sentence

  • esLa primera etapa del viaje fue dura.
  • frLa première étape du voyage a été dure.
  • itLa prima tappa del viaggio è stata dura.
  • ptA primeira etapa da viagem foi difícil.
  • roPrima etapă a călătoriei a fost grea.
  • caLa primera etapa del viatge va ser dura.
  • enThe first stage of the trip was hard.

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