Romance Vocabulary Comparison - Nature II #latin #romancelanguages #comparison

In Romanian there is the word "Fluviu" but it is only used for large rivers like the Danube, Rhine or Nile. I believe this might be borrowed from Latin and not inherited.

In Spanish, matters related to rivers are referred to as “fluvial”.

In italian bosco too.

:yt:In Portuguese "Floresta" can be also "Selva", very close to "Silva" in Latin.

Aromanian, the forgotten langughie: Locu Lacu/Ghioli/Bara Frandza Ianuri/Paduri Arau

In Spanish it’s also “selva” for jungle. “Silvicultura” for forestry.

Apart from "țară", which means land, and was used as an administrative term since Medieval times (e.g. Țara Bârsei, Țara Românească etc.), we also have "țărână" (with the same Latin origin, derived internally from țară), which means finely crushed earth. Țărână was/is used in an agricultural, but also funeral and religious context, like sprinkling some finely crushed earth on the casket, saying "May this țărână be light on you" (rest in peace), also in the humbling context said by the priest that we were created from the ground and will return into the ground

Sardinian Terra Lacu Foza Lithu (not indo european word) Flumen

In Spanish we use “follaje” for, you guessed it “foliage”. Also we use “portafolio” for “briefcase”, leaf-carrier, but referring to leaves of paper.

In ronanioa its also terrein....teren