"tissue (in the body)" in seven languages
Meaningtissue (in the body)
Spanish
tejido
/teˈxido/
masc.inherited
Participle of tejer 'to weave'.
French
tissu
/tisy/
masc.inherited
Participle of the old verb tistre 'to weave'.
Italian
tessuto
/tesˈsuto/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
tecido
/teˈsidu/
masc.inherited
Romanian
țesut
/tseˈsut/
neut.inherited
Catalan
teixit
/təˈʃit/
masc.inherited
English
tissue
/ˈtɪʃu/
from Latin/French · Old French tissu 'woven cloth'
English → Italiantissue (in the body)tessutoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TEXERE‘to weave’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
All three words mean 'woven', so they also mean fabric; body tissue is a weave of cells. A paper tissue is a different word: pañuelo de papel, mouchoir, fazzoletto.
English relatives: text, texture, textile, context
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In a sentence
- esEl tejido muscular se regenera despacio.
- frLe tissu musculaire se régénère lentement.
- itIl tessuto muscolare si rigenera lentamente.
- ptO tecido muscular se regenera devagar.
- roȚesutul muscular se reface încet.
- caEl teixit muscular es regenera a poc a poc.
- enMuscle tissue repairs itself slowly.