"to develop" in seven languages
Meaningto develop
Spanish
/desaroˈʝaɾ/
other source · Spanish des- + arrollar 'to roll up' (rollo, Latin ROTULUM)
French
/devlɔpe/
inherited
Italian
/zvilupˈpare/
other source · Italian s- + viluppo 'tangle' (of uncertain origin)
Portuguese
/dezẽvowˈveh/
other source · des- + envolver 'to wrap' (Latin INVOLVERE)
Romanian
/dezvolˈta/
other source · Romanian dez- + volt, modelled on French développer
Catalan
/dəzəmbuluˈpa/
other source · des- + envolupar 'to wrap', a relative of French envelopper
English
/dɪˈvɛləp/
from Latin/French · French développer
The ancestor
Old French desveloper‘to unwrap (from voloper 'to wrap', of uncertain origin)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
One image, three words: to develop is to unwrap (French), unroll (Spanish) or untangle (Italian).
English relatives: development, envelope
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In a sentence
- esLa empresa desarrolla nuevos productos.
- frL'entreprise développe de nouveaux produits.
- itL'azienda sviluppa nuovi prodotti.
- ptA empresa desenvolve novos produtos.
- roCompania dezvoltă produse noi.
- caL'empresa desenvolupa productes nous.
- enThe company develops new products.
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