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"treatment (medical)" in seven languages

Meaningtreatment (medical)

Spanish

tratamiento

/tɾataˈmjento/

masc.learned

Semi-learned: the ct did not become ch as in noche.

French

traitement

/tʁɛtmɑ̃/

masc.inherited

Also a salary, especially a civil servant's.

Italian

trattamento

/trattaˈmento/

masc.inherited

Portuguese

tratamento

/tɾataˈmẽtu/

masc.learned

Romanian

tratament

/trataˈment/

neut.borrowed · French traitement

Catalan

tractament

/tɾəktəˈmen/

masc.learned

English

treatment

/ˈtɹitmənt/

from Latin/French · from treat, Old French traitier (Latin TRACTĀRE)

English → Italiantreatment (medical)trattamentoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

TRACTĀRE‘to handle, to manage (TRAHERE 'to drag')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

To treat someone is to handle them. The Latin CT shows the usual split: it in French (traiter), tt in Italian (trattare).

English relatives: treat, treaty, tract, tractor, attract

Sound laws at work

CT

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In a sentence

  • esEl tratamiento dura tres semanas.
  • frLe traitement dure trois semaines.
  • itIl trattamento dura tre settimane.
  • ptO tratamento dura três semanas.
  • roTratamentul durează trei săptămâni.
  • caEl tractament dura tres setmanes.
  • enThe treatment lasts three weeks.

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