"team" in seven languages
Meaningteam
Spanish
/eˈkipo/
masc.borrowed · from equipar ← French équiper
Also 'equipment'.
French
/ekip/
fem.borrowed · from équiper, probably Old Norse skipa via Norman French
Italian
/ˈskwadra/
fem.other source · from squadrare 'to square' ← spoken Latin *EXQUADRĀRE
Portuguese
/eˈkipi/
fem.borrowed · French équipe
For sports teams Brazilians say time, from English; European Portuguese has equipa.
Romanian
/eˈkipə/
fem.borrowed · French équipe
Catalan
/əˈkip/
masc.borrowed · from equipar ← French équiper
English
/tim/
native English · Old English tēam 'team of draught animals'
The ancestor
Old Norse skipa‘to fit out (a ship)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A team was a ship's crew being fitted out: French équiper probably comes from Norse skipa, and Spanish took both verb and noun from French. Italian squadra is a troop drawn up in a square — compare English 'squad'.
English relatives: equip, equipment
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In a sentence
- esNuestro equipo ganó.
- frNotre équipe a gagné.
- itLa nostra squadra ha vinto.
- ptNossa equipe venceu.
- roEchipa noastră a câștigat.
- caEl nostre equip ha guanyat.
- enOur team won.