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This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form.
It is worth noting that usually the Germanic-based words sound more common, and the Latinate-based ones more lofty.
Note that sometimes the English word has shifted meaning from its Germanic origins, for instance the word "throw" originally meant "turn" etc.
Source for checking: Online Etymology Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
| Germanic source | Germanic | Latinate | Latin source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Norse angr Old English wræþþo | anger wrath | rage ire | rabiēs īra |
| WGmc *aiskōn | ask | inquire request | in + quaerere re + quaerere |
| Gmc *ga-waraz | aware | cognizant | cognoscere |
| Gmc *bakam | back (n) | dorsum (> dorsal) | dorsum |
| WGmc *be + *ginnan | begin | commence | com + initiāre |
| Gmc *ga-laubjan | belief | creed or credence | crēdere |
| Gmc *balgiz | belly | abdomen | abdomen |
| Old English bodig | bodily | corporal | corpus |
| Gmc *brōþar | brotherly | fraternal | frāternus, frater |
| Gmc *bugjanan | buy | purchase | pro- + (vulgar L.) captiare |
| WGmc *kalbam | calf | veal | vitellus, vitulus |
| Gmc *koluz | cool | acquiesce | ad- + quiescere |
| Gmc *kiltham | child | infant | īnfāns |
| Gmc *kweman | come | arrive | ad + ripa |
| Gmc *kōuz | cow | beef, bovine cattle | bōs/bōvis med. L capitale |
| Gmc *daudaz + *likaz | deadly | mortal fatal | mortālis fatum |
| Gmc *deupaz | deep | profound | pro + fundus |
| Gmc *deuzam | deer | venison | venātiō/nis |
| Gmc *erþō | earth | soil | solum |
| Gmc *anðiōn | end | finish complete discontinue | finire complere dis- + continuare |
| Gmc *fadar + *likaz | fatherly | paternal | paternus, pater |
| WGmc *fōljan | feeling | sentiment, sensation | sensus, sentiō |
| Gmc *fullijan + *up | fill up | replenish | re + plenus |
| Gmc *furistaz | first | primary | prīmus |
| Gmc *floþuz | flood | inundate | inundāre < in + unda |
| Gmc *fulgian | follow | ensue | in- + sequi |
| Gmc *fura-*biudan | forbid | prohibit interdict | prohibēre < pro + habēre inter + dicere, dictus |
| WGmc *fura-*getan | forgetting | oblivion | oblīviscī |
| foretell | predict | praedīcere | |
| WGmc *fuχs | fox-like | vulpine | vulpēs |
| Gmc *frijaz | freedom | liberty | līber |
| Gmc *frijond + *likaz | friendly | amicable | amīcus |
| Gmc *gadurojan | gather | assemble | ad + simul |
| Old Norse geta + Gmc *af | get off | descend | de- + scandere |
| Old Norse geta + Gmc *ut | get out | produce | pro- + ducere |
| Gmc *geban | give | provide | pro + vidēre |
| Gmc *glaþaz | gladness | joy pleasure delight | gaudium placēre dēlēctāre |
| Gmc *guþan | god | deity | deus |
| WGmc *gaian + Gmc *an | go on | proceed | pro- + cedere |
| Gmc *getiskanan | guess | suppose presume | sub- + ponere prae + sumere |
| Gmc *χauzjian | hearing | audience | audīre |
| WGmc *χōdjan | heed | attention | atteniō, attendere |
| Gmc *χauχiþa | height | altitude | altitūdō (< altus) |
| Gmc *χelpan | help | assist | assistere < ad + sistere |
| WGmc *χannja | hen | poultry | pullus |
| Gmc *χulnis | hill | mount | mōns, montis |
| Gmc *χrussaz | horse | equestrian | equestris |
| Gmc *χundaz + *likaz | hound-like | canine | canis |
| WGmc *jukkjan | itch | irritate | irritāre |
| Gmc *knoean | know | recognize | re + cognoscere |
| Gmc *laiþjan | leader | duke president | dux praesidēns |
| Gmc *laibijan | leave | depart egress exit | dispertīre ēgressus ex + īre |
| Gmc *langiþo | length | longitude | longitūdō (< longus) |
| Gmc *legjan | lie | repose recline | re- + pausa re- + clinare |
| Gmc *lubo | loving | amorous | amōrōsus |
| Gmc *markojan | mark | indicate | in- + dicare |
| Gmc *ga-makon | match | correspond | con + respondēre |
| WGmc *mainijan | mean | intend signify | intendere significare |
| Gmc *motijan | meet | encounter | incontrāre < in + contrā |
| Old Norse mistaka | mistake | error | error (< errāre) |
| Gmc *mōdar + *likaz | motherly | maternal | māternus, māter |
| Gmc *neujaz | new | novel modern | novus modernus |
| Gmc *naχt + *likaz | nightly | nocturnal | nocturnus |
| WGmc *alda | old | ancient | ante - "before" |
| Gmc *anþaraz | other | different | differre |
| pull out | extract | ex- + trahere | |
| Gmc *rutjan | rot | putrefy | putrefacere |
| Gmc *seχwan | see | perceive | per- + capere |
| Old Norse sœma | seem | appear | apparere |
| WGmc *skæpa WGmc *lambaz | sheep lamb | mutton | med. L. multō |
| WGmc *skuttjan | shut | close | clausus |
| Gmc *skeuχ(w)az | shy | timid | timidus |
| Old Norse skil | skillful | adept | adeptus < adipiscī |
| Gmc *slæpan | sleeping | dormant | dormīre |
| Gmc *seχ(w) | sight | vision | vidēre/vīsum |
| Gmc *sprekan | speak talk | converse discourse | con- + vertere dis- + currere |
| Gmc *swīnam | swine | pork | porcus |
| Old Norse taka + Gmc *up | take up | resume | re- + sumere |
| Gmc *taikijan | teach | educate | ēdūcāre < ēdūcere |
| Gmc *taljanan | tell | relate | relatus < re- + ferre |
| Gmc *þankjan | thinking | pensive | pēnsāre |
| WGmc *þræan | throw | eject | ex- + iacere |
| Gmc *tūnaz, tūnam | town | city | cīvitās, cīvis |
| Old English understandan | understand | comprehend | comprehendere |
| Gmc *utizon | utter | pronounce | pro- + nunciare |
| Gmc *utizon | utterly | totally | tōtālis |
| Gmc *wadjojan | wage | stipend salary | stipendium salārium |
| Gmc *wakan | wait | expect | ex + spectāre |
| Gmc *wakan | watchful | vigilant | vigilāre |
| Gmc *(ga)χailaz | whole | entire | integer |
| Gmc *widas | width | latitude | latitūdō (< latus) |
| Gmc *wisaz | wise | prudent | prudēns < providēns |
| Gmc *wunskjan | wish | desire | desiderāre |
| Gmc *wulfaz + *likaz | wolf-like | lupine | lūpus |
| WGmc *gelwa | yellow | ochre | ochra |
See also
- List of Latin words with English derivatives
- List of Greek words with English derivatives
- List of Latin phrases
- Latin language
- List of French phrases
- List of French proverbs
- List of Greek phrases
- List of German expressions in English
- List of German words and phrases
- French phrases used by English speakers
- List of Spanish expressions in common English
- Anglish
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