"through, across" in seven languages
Meaningthrough, across
Spanish
a través de
/a tɾaˈbes de/
inherited
Everyday 'through' is often just por: entró por la ventana.
French
à travers
/a tʁavɛʁ/
inherited
Italian
attraverso
/attraˈvɛrso/
inherited
Portuguese
através de
/atɾaˈvɛz dʒi/
inherited
Romanian
prin
/prin/
other source · Latin PER + IN
Catalan
a través de
/ə tɾəˈbɛz də/
inherited
English
through
/θɹu/
Indo-European kin · PIE *terh₂- 'to cross over' (Latin TRĀNS)
English → Italianthrough, acrossattraversoDistant cognateRelated only through Indo-European, thousands of years back (night ~ noche). But English has relatives: transverse, traverse, travesty.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TRĀNSVERSUM‘turned across, crosswise’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
All three go 'at the crosswise': TRĀNSVERSUM lost its n before s and wore down to través, travers, traverso. Native 'through' shares the Indo-European root of TRĀNS.
English relatives: transverse, traverse, travesty
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In a sentence
- esCaminamos a través del bosque.
- frNous avons marché à travers la forêt.
- itAbbiamo camminato attraverso il bosco.
- ptCaminhamos através da floresta.
- roAm mers prin pădure.
- caVam caminar a través del bosc.
- enWe walked through the forest.
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- since (a time)desdedepuisdadesdedindes de
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