to kill to sink (tr.) 5 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 French
lexeme 1 neco, necare
lexeme 2 noyer
meaning 1 to kill
direction
meaning 2 to sink, drown

Elle s’est noyée dans l’océan.

J’ai noyé mon chien dans le fleuve.


She drowned in the ocean.

I drowned my dog in the river.

reference CNRTL Robert historique
comment From the phrase necare aqua. Бурсье 67
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Romanian
lexeme 1 neco, necare
lexeme 2 îneca
meaning 1 to kill
direction
meaning 2 to sink, drown
reference MDA2
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Catalan
lexeme 1 neco, necare
lexeme 2 negar
meaning 1 to kill
direction
meaning 2 to sink, drown
reference DIEC2
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Italian
lexeme 1 neco, necare
lexeme 2 annegare
meaning 1 to kill
direction
meaning 2 to sink, drown
reference Vocabolario Treccani
comment

From earlier *annecare, from Vulgar Latin *adnecāre 'to drown', derived from Latin necō, necare

ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Spanish
lexeme 1 neco, necare
lexeme 2 anegar
meaning 1 to kill
direction
meaning 2 to sink (tr.), drown
reference DRAE
comment