Transformation of X into Italian
The more you study a language the more your brain is able to recognize patterns that repeat themselves. That's a important learning process as it can facilitate communication and shows that Italian language is not too far away from English (or other languages).
Today I would like to focus on the letter "X". This letter "ics" is not considered part of the Italian alphabet and it only appears in loanwords. Even though X was present in ancient Latin it disappeared in Italian before the end of the Vulgar Latin period.
But there are some patterns we can follow to translate words with X from English into Italian. This will help us to expand our vocabulary and enter in the morphology of the new language.
English words with an internal X become words with "S" or double "S in Italian. Here some examples:
example - esempio
context - contesto
anxious - ansioso
exactly - esattamente
saxophone - sassofono
explore - esplorare
extinct - estinto
oxygen - ossigeno
sexism - sessismo
anorexia - anoressia
anxiety - ansia
When the X is at the end of a word or is in the middle but followed by "CE" in English it usually becomes "CE" or "CCE" in Italian:
index - indice
appendix - appendice
fenix - fenice
excellent - eccellente
except - eccetto
excellence - eccellenza
exception - eccezione
I hope you will find these observations useful for your learning process!
Grazie,
Ciao!
Linda
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