"warm, lukewarm" in seven languages
Meaningwarm, lukewarm
Spanish
tibio
/ˈtibjo/
inherited
Also templado.
French
tiède
/tjɛd/
inherited
Italian
tiepido
/ˈtjɛpido/
inherited
Portuguese
morno
/ˈmohnu/
other source · of uncertain origin
Tépido, from TEPIDUM, is learned.
Romanian
călduț
/kəlˈduts/
other source · cald 'hot' (Latin CALIDUM) + the diminutive -uț
fem.: călduță
Catalan
tebi
/ˈtɛbi/
inherited
fem.: tèbia
English
warm
/wɔɹm/
native English · Old English wearm
For a warm coat or a warm welcome the sisters use their word for 'hot' (caliente, chaud, caldo).
English → Italianwarm, lukewarmtiepidoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: tepid.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TEPIDUM‘lukewarm’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
TEPIDUS broke its open E into ie in French tiède and Italian tiepido; Spanish tibio and Catalan tebi voiced the P instead. Water you test with your wrist is tibia, tiède, tiepida.
English relatives: tepid
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esLava el jersey con agua tibia.
- frLave le pull à l'eau tiède.
- itLava il maglione in acqua tiepida.
- ptLave a blusa de lã em água morna.
- roSpală puloverul în apă călduță.
- caRenta el jersei amb aigua tèbia.
- enWash the sweater in warm water.