"week" in seven languages
Meaningweek
Spanish
semana
/seˈmana/
fem.inherited
French
semaine
/səmɛn/
fem.inherited
Italian
settimana
/settiˈmana/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
semana
/seˈmɐ̃nɐ/
fem.inherited
Romanian
săptămână
/səptəˈmɨnə/
fem.inherited
Catalan
setmana
/sətˈmanə/
fem.inherited
English
week
/wik/
native English · Old English wice
English → ItalianweeksettimanaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: septimal (rare); September.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SEPTIMĀNAM‘a period of seven (days)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A 'sevenish' thing. Italian kept every syllable and assimilated PT to tt; Spanish and French squeezed out the middle.
English relatives: septimal (rare); September
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esNos vemos la semana que viene.
- frÀ la semaine prochaine.
- itCi vediamo la settimana prossima.
- ptAté a semana que vem.
- roNe vedem săptămâna viitoare.
- caEns veiem la setmana que ve.
- enSee you next week.