"to publish" in seven languages
Meaningto publish
Spanish
publicar
/publiˈkaɾ/
learned
French
publier
/pyblije/
inherited
The c of -ICĀRE dropped out, a popular change (compare PLICĀRE → plier).
Italian
pubblicare
/pubbliˈkare/
learned
Portuguese
publicar
/publiˈkah/
learned
Romanian
publica
/publiˈka/
learned
Catalan
publicar
/publiˈka/
learned
English
publish
/ˈpʌblɪʃ/
from Latin/French · Old French publier (puplier)
English → Italianto publishpubblicareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PŪBLICĀRE‘to make public’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French wore the verb down to publier and English borrowed it (with -ish from verbs like finish); Spanish and Italian took it straight from written Latin. Italian doubles the b, as it often does before l.
English relatives: public, publication, republic
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In a sentence
- esPublicó su primera novela.
- frElle a publié son premier roman.
- itHa pubblicato il suo primo romanzo.
- ptEla publicou seu primeiro romance.
- roȘi-a publicat primul roman.
- caVa publicar la seva primera novel·la.
- enShe published her first novel.
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