Romance Languages - Vocabulary Comparison

Vocabulary Comparison

The tables below provide a vocabulary comparison that illustrates a number of examples of sound shifts that have occurred between Latin and Romance languages, along with a selection of minority languages.

Latin Sardinian Italian Sicilian Corsican Romanian Friulian Piedmontese Romansh French Occitan Catalan Aragonese Spanish Ladino Asturian Mirandese Galician Portuguese Venetian Lombard Emilian English
aquam abba acqua acqua acqua apǎ aghe eva aua eau aiga aigua augua agua agua agua auga auga água aqua aqua âcua water
altum artu alto autu altu înalt alt àut aut haut n-aut alt alto alto alto altu alto alto alto alto alt èlt high
caballum cuaddu cavallo cavaddu cavallu/cavaddu cal ĉhaval caval chaval cheval caval cavall caballo caballo kavayo caballu cabalo cabalo cavalo cavaeo cavall cavâl horse
ego deo io ju/jè eu/eiu eu jo i(/mi) jau je ieu/jo jo yo yo yo yo you eu eu (mi) (mì) (mé) I
facere faghere fare fari fà face fâ fé far faire far/fàser fer fer hacer azer facer fazer facer fazer far fà fèr to do
focum fogu fuoco focu focu foc fûc feu fieu feu fuòc foc fuego fuego huego fueu fuogo fogo fogo fogo foeugh fûg fire
insulam isula isola isula isula ((insulǎ)) îsule ìsola insla île iscla illa isla/isola isla isola/adá isla ilha illa ilha isoea isola îsla island
lactem latte latte latti latte lapte lat làit latg lait lach llet leit leche leche lleche lheite leite leite late latt lât milk
linguam limba lingua lingua lingua limbǎ lenghe lenga lingua langue lenga llengua luenga lengua lingua llingua lhéngua lingua língua lengoa lengua langua tongue/
language
nostrum nostru nostro nostru nostru/nosciu nostru nestri nòst noss notre nòstre nostre nuestro nuestro muestro nuesu nuosso noso nosso nostro noster nòster our
novum nou nuovo novu novu nou gnove neuv nov nouveau nòu nou nuebo nuevo muevo nuevu nuobo novo novo novo noeuv nôv new
pellem pedde pelle peddi pelle/pedda piele piel pel pel peau pèl pell piel piel pyél piel piel pel pele pée pell pèl skin
pluviam proìda pioggia chiuvuta piogia/pioghja ploaie ploe pieuva plievgia pluie pluèja pluja plebia lluvia luvya lluvia chuba chuvia/choiva chuva piova pioeuva piôva rain
trēs tres tre tri trè trei tre tre trais trois tres tres tres tres tres trés trés tres três tre trii trî (m)/
trai (f)		 three
Latin Sardinian Italian Sicilian Corsican Romanian Friulian Piedmontese Romansh French Occitan Catalan Aragonese Spanish Ladino Asturian Mirandese Galician Portuguese Venetian Lombard Emilian English

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