Linguistic Relationships among Romance Languages ( (table))
Linguistic Relationships among Romance Languages
Linguistic Relationships among Romance Languages | |||||||||
English | Latin | Portuguese | Spanish | French | Italian | Romanian | |||
black | niger | negro | negro | noir | nero | negru | |||
do | facere | fazer | hacer | faire | fare | face | |||
green | viridis | verde | verde | vert | verde | verde | |||
horse | caballus | cavalo | caballo | cheval | cavallo | cal | |||
iron | ferrum | ferro | hierro | fer | ferro | fier | |||
three | tres | três | tres | trois | tre | trei |
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