"to return, go back" in seven languages
Meaningto return, go back
Spanish
/bolˈbeɾ/
other source · Latin VOLVERE 'to roll, turn'
Regresar is also common, especially in Latin America.
French
/ʁətuʁne/
inherited
Going back home is rentrer.
Italian
/torˈnare/
inherited
Portuguese
/vowˈtah/
other source · spoken Latin *VOLVITĀRE (from VOLVERE 'to roll, turn')
Romanian
/ɨnˈto̯artʃe/
other source · Latin *INTORQUERE 'to twist round'
Reflexive for going back: ne întoarcem 'we return'.
Catalan
/tuɾˈna/
inherited
English
/ɹɪˈtɝn/
from Latin/French · Old French retorner
The Latin ancestor
TORNĀRE‘to turn on a lathe’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Going back is 'turning' everywhere: French and Italian use TORNĀRE, a lathe-worker's verb, and Spanish VOLVERE 'to roll'. English return is the Old French verb.
English relatives: turn, tour, tournament
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In a sentence
- esVolvemos a París el domingo.
- frOn retourne à Paris dimanche.
- itTorniamo a Parigi domenica.
- ptVoltamos para Paris no domingo.
- roNe întoarcem la Paris duminică.
- caTornem a París diumenge.
- enWe go back to Paris on Sunday.
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