"trip, journey" in seven languages
Meaningtrip, journey
Spanish
viaje
/ˈbjaxe/
masc.borrowed · Catalan viatge
French
voyage
/vwajaʒ/
masc.inherited
Italian
viaggio
/ˈvjaddʒo/
masc.borrowed · Old Occitan viatge
Portuguese
viagem
/viˈaʒẽj/
fem.borrowed · Old Occitan or Catalan viatge
Romanian
călătorie
/kələtoˈrie/
fem.other source · from călător 'traveller', of uncertain origin
Catalan
viatge
/biˈadʒə/
masc.inherited
English
trip
/tɹɪp/
other source · Old French triper 'to hop, dance' (Germanic)
English → Italiantrip, journeyviaggioNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: voyage, viaticum, via.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
VIĀTICUM‘provisions for a journey (from VIA 'road')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The ending -ATICUM gave French -age, which spread south: Spanish and Italian both borrowed this word from their Gallo-Romance neighbours. Bon voyage, buen viaje, buon viaggio!
English relatives: voyage, viaticum, via
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In a sentence
- es¡Buen viaje!
- frBon voyage !
- itBuon viaggio!
- ptBoa viagem!
- roCălătorie plăcută!
- caBon viatge!
- enHave a good trip!