"to discover" in seven languages
Meaningto discover
Spanish
descubrir
/deskuˈbɾiɾ/
inherited
Past participle descubierto.
French
découvrir
/dekuvʁiʁ/
inherited
Italian
scoprire
/skoˈprire/
inherited
Italian shrank DIS- to s-.
Portuguese
descobrir
/deskoˈbɾih/
inherited
Romanian
descoperi
/deskopeˈri/
inherited
Catalan
descobrir
/dəskuˈbɾi/
inherited
English
discover
/dɪˈskʌvɚ/
from Latin/French · Old French descovrir
English → Italianto discoverscoprireCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DISCOOPERĪRE (Late Latin)‘to uncover’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
To discover is to 'un-cover': the P of COOPERĪRE became b in Spanish and v in French, but stayed p in Italian.
English relatives: cover, uncover, recover
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In a sentence
- esDescubrieron una cueva.
- frIls ont découvert une grotte.
- itHanno scoperto una grotta.
- ptEles descobriram uma caverna.
- roAu descoperit o peșteră.
- caVan descobrir una cova.
- enThey discovered a cave.
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