"stomach" in seven languages
Meaningstomach
Spanish
estómago
/esˈtomago/
masc.learned
French
estomac
/ɛstɔma/
masc.learned
Italian
stomaco
/ˈstɔmako/
masc.learned
Portuguese
estômago
/esˈtomagu/
masc.learned
Romanian
stomac
/stoˈmak/
neut.borrowed · Modern Greek stómachos (and Latin STOMACHUS)
Catalan
estómac
/əsˈtɔmək/
masc.learned
English
stomach
/ˈstʌmək/
from Latin/French · Old French estomac
English → ItalianstomachstomacoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
STOMACHUM‘stomach (from Greek stómakhos)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A Greek medical word taken through Latin, so near-identical; only the s+consonant start is handled each sister's way (es-, es-, s-). The French c is silent.
English relatives: stomach
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In a sentence
- esMe duele el estómago.
- frJ'ai mal à l'estomac.
- itHo mal di stomaco.
- ptEstou com dor de estômago.
- roMă doare stomacul.
- caEm fa mal l'estómac.
- enI have a stomach ache.