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"to protect" in seven languages

Meaningto protect

Spanish

proteger

/pɾoteˈxeɾ/

learned

French

protéger

/pʁɔteʒe/

learned

Italian

proteggere

/proˈtɛddʒere/

learned

Portuguese

proteger

/pɾoteˈʒeh/

learned

Romanian

proteja

/proteˈʒa/

borrowed · French protéger

Catalan

protegir

/pɾutəˈʒi/

learned

English

protect

/pɹəˈtɛkt/

from Latin/French · Latin PROTEGERE (participle PROTECTUS)

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

The Latin ancestor

PRŌTEGERE‘to cover in front (TEGERE 'to cover')’

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

The story

PRŌ + TEGERE: to hold a cover in front of someone. English took the participle (protect-), the sisters the infinitive; Italian doubles the g as in leggere.

English relatives: protection, protective, protégé

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In a sentence

  • esLa crema solar protege la piel.
  • frLa crème solaire protège la peau.
  • itLa crema solare protegge la pelle.
  • ptO protetor solar protege a pele.
  • roCrema de protecție solară protejează pielea.
  • caLa crema solar protegeix la pell.
  • enSunscreen protects your skin.

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