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"wet" in seven languages

Meaningwet

Spanish

mojado

/moˈxado/

inherited

Past participle of mojar 'to wet'.

French

mouillé

/muje/

inherited

Past participle of mouiller 'to wet'.

Italian

bagnato

/baɲˈɲato/

other source · Italian bagnare, from Latin BALNEĀRE 'to bathe'

Portuguese

molhado

/moˈʎadu/

inherited

Romanian

ud

/ud/

other source · Latin ŪDUM 'wet, damp'

fem.: udă

Catalan

mullat

/muˈʎat/

inherited

English

wet

/wɛt/

native English · Old English wǣt

English → ItalianwetbagnatoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: mollify, mollusc (from MOLLIS).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

*MOLLIĀRE‘to soften (from MOLLIS 'soft')’

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

The story

Spanish and French 'wet' something by softening it (MOLLIS 'soft'); the LI turned into Spanish j and French ill, as in hoja / feuille. Italian 'bathes' it instead: bagno is a bath.

English relatives: mollify, mollusc (from MOLLIS)

Sound laws at work

L + yod

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In a sentence

  • esTengo los zapatos mojados.
  • frMes chaussures sont mouillées.
  • itHo le scarpe bagnate.
  • ptMeus sapatos estão molhados.
  • roAm pantofii uzi.
  • caTinc les sabates mullades.
  • enMy shoes are wet.

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