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"to hunt" in seven languages

Meaningto hunt

Spanish

cazar

/kaˈθaɾ/

inherited

La caza is both 'hunting' and 'game'.

French

chasser

/ʃase/

inherited

Also 'to chase away': chasser une mouche.

Italian

cacciare

/katˈtʃare/

inherited

Also 'to throw out': l'hanno cacciato di casa.

Portuguese

caçar

/kaˈsah/

inherited

Romanian

vâna

/vɨˈna/

other source · Latin VĒNĀRĪ 'to hunt'

Catalan

caçar

/kəˈsa/

inherited

English

hunt

/hʌnt/

native English · Old English huntian

English → Italianto huntcacciareNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: chase, catch, capture.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

*CAPTIĀRE‘to try to catch (from CAPERE 'to take')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

English took this verb from French twice: chase from Central French, catch from Norman French, which kept the hard c.

English relatives: chase, catch, capture

Sound laws at work

French CA becomes cha

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In a sentence

  • esCazan ciervos en otoño.
  • frIls chassent le cerf en automne.
  • itIn autunno cacciano i cervi.
  • ptEles caçam veados no outono.
  • roToamna vânează căprioare.
  • caA la tardor cacen cérvols.
  • enThey hunt deer in the autumn.

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