"to share" in seven languages
Meaningto share
Spanish
/kompaɾˈtiɾ/
learned
French
/paʁtaʒe/
other source · French partage 'a share', from part (Latin PARTEM)
Italian
/kondiˈvidere/
other source · con- + dividere (Latin DĪVIDERE)
Portuguese
/kõpahtʃiˈʎah/
other source · Portuguese com- + partilhar 'to share out' (from partilha, Latin PARTĪCULAM 'small part')
European Portuguese prefers partilhar; Brazilians sharing a flat often just say dividir.
Romanian
/ɨmpərˈtsi/
other source · Latin IMPARTĪRE 'to share out'
Catalan
/kumpəɾˈti/
learned
English
/ʃɛɹ/
native English · Old English scearu 'a cutting, division'
The Latin ancestor
COMPARTĪRĪ‘to share out (Late Latin, from PARS 'part')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
All three cut things into parts: Spanish compartir from Late Latin COMPARTĪRĪ, French partager from part, Italian condividere 'to divide with'. English share is native, but it too meant a cut, as in ploughshare.
English relatives: part, partition, particle, apart
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In a sentence
- esCompartimos piso.
- frOn partage un appartement.
- itCondividiamo un appartamento.
- ptNós compartilhamos um apartamento.
- roÎmpărțim un apartament.
- caCompartim pis.
- enWe share a flat.
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