"to hide" in seven languages
Meaningto hide
Spanish
esconder
/eskonˈdeɾ/
inherited
Also ocultar, a learned synonym.
French
cacher
/kaʃe/
other source · Vulgar Latin *COACTICĀRE 'to press together'
Italian
nascondere
/nasˈkondere/
inherited
From IN + ABSCONDERE: the n- is the old prefix.
Portuguese
esconder
/eskõˈdeh/
inherited
Romanian
ascunde
/asˈkunde/
inherited
Catalan
amagar
/əməˈɡa/
other source · of uncertain origin (perhaps Germanic)
English
hide
/haɪd/
native English · Old English hȳdan
English → Italianto hidenascondereNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: abscond.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ABSCONDERE‘to put away, to conceal’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian kept ABSCONDERE (Italian with an extra in- that left only its n). French cacher goes back to a Vulgar Latin verb for 'pressing together' — and gave English cache.
English relatives: abscond
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In a sentence
- es¿Dónde has escondido las llaves?
- frOù as-tu caché les clés ?
- itDove hai nascosto le chiavi?
- ptOnde você escondeu as chaves?
- roUnde ai ascuns cheile?
- caOn has amagat les claus?
- enWhere did you hide the keys?
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