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"to organize" in seven languages

Meaningto organize

Spanish

organizar

/oɾɡaniˈθaɾ/

learned

French

organiser

/ɔʁɡanize/

learned

Italian

organizzare

/organidˈdzare/

learned

Portuguese

organizar

/ohɡaniˈzah/

learned

Romanian

organiza

/orɡaniˈza/

borrowed · French organiser

Catalan

organitzar

/uɾɡənidˈza/

learned

English

organize

/ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/

from Latin/French · Medieval Latin ORGANIZĀRE

British English also writes organise.

English → Italianto organizeorganizzareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

ORGANIZĀRE (Medieval Latin)‘to give structure (ORGANUM 'instrument')’

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

The story

Greek órganon 'tool' became Latin ORGANUM: organizing is fitting the parts together like the organs of a body. The Greek verb ending -izein became -izar, -iser, -izzare and -ize.

English relatives: organ, organism, organization

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In a sentence

  • esEstamos organizando una fiesta para el domingo.
  • frOn organise une fête pour dimanche.
  • itStiamo organizzando una festa per domenica.
  • ptEstamos organizando uma festa para domingo.
  • roOrganizăm o petrecere duminică.
  • caOrganitzem una festa per diumenge.
  • enWe're organizing a party for Sunday.

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