"to study" in seven languages
Meaningto study
Spanish
estudiar
/estuˈdjaɾ/
learned
French
étudier
/etydje/
learned
Italian
studiare
/stuˈdjare/
learned
Portuguese
estudar
/estuˈdah/
learned
Romanian
studia
/studiˈa/
learned
Catalan
estudiar
/əstudiˈa/
learned
English
study
/ˈstʌdi/
from Latin/French · Old French estudie
English → Italianto studystudiareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
STUDIUM‘zeal, eagerness’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A clean demonstration of the s + consonant rule: es-, é-, s-. In French the s later disappeared, leaving the é as its trace.
English relatives: study, student, studio
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esEstudio todas las tardes.
- frJ'étudie tous les soirs.
- itStudio ogni sera.
- ptEstudo todas as noites.
- roStudiez în fiecare seară.
- caEstudio cada vespre.
- enI study every evening.
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