COMPARATIVE ROMANCE

ENGLISH LATIN/VULGAR L ITALIAN SPANISH ROMANIAN PORTUGUESE FRENCH TO CHOOSE exeligere/ excolligere/allegere/eligere scegliere   escoger a alege escolher elire (and choisir) TO DIE morire morire morir a muri morrer mourir TO LIVE vivere   vivere vivir vietui viver vivre                 *habiter is inhabit while vivre is how and when person lives TO LIVE (2) habitare abitare habitar NA habitar habiter             *habiter is inhabit while vivre is how and when person lives TO LOSE perdere perdere perder a pierde perder perdre TO LOVE amare amare amar a iubi amar aimer TO MAKE OR TO DO facere fare hacer* words that begin in f in Italian begin with h in Spanish a face fazer faire TO THINK pensare pe...

ENGLISH LATIN/VULGAR L ITALIAN SPANISH ROMANIAN PORTUGUESE FRENCH CITY civitas/villa citta ciudad oras mare cidade ville CLOUD nubila nuvola nube nor nuvem nuage HILL collis collina colina colina colina colline MOUNTAIN montania montagna montana munte montanha/monte montagne PLATEAU plattus altopiano meseta platou/podis planalto plateau RIVER flumen/fluvius/ rius fiume rio rau/fluvio rio flueve/riviere ROAD strata/ carreta strada carretera drum/strata caminho/estrada route/voie VALLEY vallis valle valle vale vale vallee I created this list number 4 because I was curious to see how close these 5 languages might be to each other in written form. One tool that I would like to apply to this similarity/divergence is the consonant pattern ...

ENGLISH LATIN/LATIN V. ITALIAN SPANISH ROMANIAN PORTUGUESE FRENCH BLACK niger nero negro negru preto/negro noir BLUE caeruleus/albus blu/azzurro azul albastru azul bleu BROWN brunius marrone/bruno marron maro castanho marron/brun GRAY cinis grigio gris gri cinza gris GREEN virdis   verde verde verde verde vert ORANGE aurantius arancia naranja portocaliu/portocale laranja orange PURPLE purpureus/viola viola purpura mov, purpurio, violet roxo violet RED russus rosso rojo rosu vermelho/vermelha rouge WHITE blancus/alba bianco/bianca blanco/blanca alb branco blanc YELLOW galbus/amarus giallo amarillo galben amarelo jaune   I created this list number 3 because I was curious to see ho...