"to teach" in seven languages
Meaningto teach
Spanish
enseñar
/enseˈɲaɾ/
inherited
Also 'to show': enséñame la foto.
French
enseigner
/ɑ̃seɲe/
inherited
Italian
insegnare
/inseɲˈɲare/
inherited
Portuguese
ensinar
/ẽsiˈnah/
inherited
Romanian
preda
/preˈda/
other source · probably Slavic predati 'to hand over'
Preda is to teach a subject; to teach someone is învăța.
Catalan
ensenyar
/ənsəˈɲa/
inherited
English
teach
/titʃ/
native English · Old English tǣcan
English → Italianto teachinsegnareNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: sign, signal, insignia.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
*INSIGNĀRE‘to mark, point out (from SIGNUM 'sign')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
To teach is to put a sign on something — to point it out; Spanish still uses enseñar for 'to show'. The GN became ñ / gn in all three.
English relatives: sign, signal, insignia
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esEnseña matemáticas.
- frElle enseigne les mathématiques.
- itInsegna matematica.
- ptEla ensina matemática.
- roPredă matematică.
- caEnsenya matemàtiques.
- enShe teaches mathematics.
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