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"treaty" in seven languages

Meaningtreaty

Spanish

tratado

/tɾaˈtado/

masc.learned

Semi-learned: a fully popular form would show ch, as in hecho from FACTUM. Also 'treatise'.

French

traité

/tʁete/

masc.inherited

Also 'treatise'.

Italian

trattato

/tratˈtato/

masc.inherited

Also 'treatise'.

Portuguese

tratado

/tɾaˈtadu/

masc.learned

Romanian

tratat

/traˈtat/

neut.learned

Catalan

tractat

/tɾəkˈtat/

masc.learned

English

treaty

/ˈtɹiti/

from Latin/French · Anglo-French treté, Latin TRACTĀTUM

English → ItaliantreatytrattatoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

TRACTĀTUM‘handled, discussed (TRACTĀRE)’

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

The story

A treaty is 'a thing handled': TRACTĀRE 'to handle, deal with'. French turned CT into it (traité), Italian into tt (trattato); Spanish simply dropped the c.

English relatives: treat, tract, tractor

Sound laws at work

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  • esLos dos países firmaron un tratado de paz.
  • frLes deux pays ont signé un traité de paix.
  • itI due paesi hanno firmato un trattato di pace.
  • ptOs dois países assinaram um tratado de paz.
  • roCele două țări au semnat un tratat de pace.
  • caEls dos països van signar un tractat de pau.
  • enThe two countries signed a peace treaty.

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