"to abandon" in seven languages
Meaningto abandon
Spanish
abandonar
/abandoˈnaɾ/
borrowed · French abandonner
French
abandonner
/abɑ̃dɔne/
inherited
Formed in Old French from the phrase à bandon 'at (someone's) command'.
Italian
abbandonare
/abbandoˈnare/
borrowed · Old French abandoner
Portuguese
abandonar
/abɐ̃doˈnah/
borrowed · French abandonner
Romanian
abandona
/abandoˈna/
borrowed · French abandonner
Catalan
abandonar
/əbənduˈna/
borrowed · French abandonner
English
abandon
/əˈbændən/
from Latin/French · Old French abandoner
English → Italianto abandonabbandonareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Frankish *ban‘proclamation, jurisdiction’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
To leave something à bandon was to put it under another's ban, their power: so, to give it up. Spanish and Italian borrowed the French verb; Italian doubled the b, as it often does after a-.
English relatives: ban, banish
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In a sentence
- esAbandonaron al perro en la carretera.
- frIls ont abandonné le chien sur la route.
- itHanno abbandonato il cane per strada.
- ptAbandonaram o cachorro na estrada.
- roAu abandonat câinele pe drum.
- caVan abandonar el gos a la carretera.
- enThey abandoned the dog on the road.
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