desitjar

Betekenis (Engels)

to wish for, desire, want

Frekwensie

C1
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
[də.ziˈd͡ʒa]
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From the noun desig; cf. Latin dēsīderō, dēsīderāre (“long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret”). Possibly corresponds to a Vulgar Latin verb *dēsidiāre, itself perhaps a crossing between Latin dēsīderāre and invidiāre, from invidia. Compare Occitan desirar and Portuguese desejar, Spanish desear.

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