"sum (amount)" in seven languages
Meaningsum (amount)
Spanish
suma
/ˈsuma/
fem.learned
French
somme
/sɔm/
fem.inherited
Masculine un somme is a nap, from SOMNUM.
Italian
somma
/ˈsomma/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
soma
/ˈsõmɐ/
fem.inherited
Romanian
sumă
/ˈsumə/
fem.learned
Catalan
suma
/ˈsumə/
fem.learned
English
sum
/sʌm/
from Latin/French · Old French summe, from Latin SUMMA
English → Italiansum (amount)sommaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SUMMAM‘the highest part; the total’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
SUMMA 'the highest (part)' came to mean 'the total, the main point'. French and Italian show the o that spoken Latin made of short U; Spanish suma is the book form.
English relatives: summit, summary, consummate
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In a sentence
- esPagaron una gran suma de dinero.
- frIls ont payé une grosse somme d'argent.
- itHanno pagato una grossa somma di denaro.
- ptEles pagaram uma grande soma de dinheiro.
- roAu plătit o sumă mare de bani.
- caVan pagar una gran suma de diners.
- enThey paid a large sum of money.