"village, small town" in seven languages
Meaningvillage, small town
Spanish
/ˈpweblo/
masc.inherited
Also 'people, nation': el pueblo español.
French
/vilaʒ/
masc.other source · ville + -age (Latin VĪLLA 'country estate')
Italian
/paˈeze/
masc.other source · Latin PĀGĒNSEM 'of the rural district' (PĀGUS)
Paese is also 'country': il mio paese can mean my village or my nation.
Portuguese
/vilaˈɾeʒu/
masc.other source · diminutive of vila (Latin VĪLLAM 'country estate')
Romanian
/sat/
neut.other source · Latin FOSSĀTUM 'ditched (enclosure)'
plural: sate
Catalan
/ˈpɔbblə/
masc.inherited
Like Spanish pueblo, also 'a people'.
English
/ˈvɪlɪdʒ/
other source · Old French village, from Latin VĪLLĀTICUM (from VĪLLA 'country estate')
The Latin ancestor
POPULUM‘people’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian each use one word for 'the place I'm from' and 'my people' (pueblo) or 'my country' (paese). French paysan and English peasant are paese's cognates.
English relatives: people, popular; village, villa; peasant, pagan (PĀGUS)
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In a sentence
- esMis abuelos viven en un pueblo pequeño.
- frMes grands-parents habitent dans un petit village.
- itI miei nonni vivono in un piccolo paese.
- ptMeus avós moram num vilarejo.
- roBunicii mei locuiesc într-un sat mic.
- caEls meus avis viuen en un poble petit.
- enMy grandparents live in a small village.
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