List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents
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This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form.
Where no Germanic source is available, a corresponding Old High German word from the same root has been included. These are in parentheses.
It is worth noting that usually the Germanic-based words sound more common, and the Latinate-based ones more lofty.
| Germanic source | Germanic | Latinate | Latin source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Old Norse angr Old English wræþþo) | anger wrath | rage ire | rabies ira |
| WGmc *aiskójan | ask | inquire | in + quaerere |
| back (n) | dorsum (> dorsal) | dorsum | |
| WGmc be + *ginnan | begin | commence | com + initiare |
| belly | abdomen | abdomen | |
| (OHG botah) | bodily | corporal | corpus |
| WGmc *bróþar | brotherly | fraternal | fraternus, frater |
| (OHG chalb) | calf | veal | vitellus, vitulus |
| Gmc *kweman | come | arrive | ad + ripa |
| Gmc *kó(u)z | cow | beef, bovine cattle | bos/bovis med. L capitale |
| Gmc *dauðaz | deadly | mortal | mortalis |
| Gmc *deuzam | deer | venison | venatio/nis |
| Gmc *erþó | earth | soil | solum |
| Gmc *faðér | fatherly | paternal | paternus, pater |
| WGmc * fōljan | feeling | sensation | sensus, sentio |
| Gmc *furistaz | first | primary | primus |
| flood | inundate | inundare < in + unda | |
| forbid | prohibit | prohibere < pro + habere | |
| forgetting | oblivion | oblivisci | |
| foretell | predict | praedicere | |
| WGmc *fuχs | fox-like | vulpine | vulpes |
| Gmc *frijaz | freedom | liberty | liber |
| Gmc *зeban | give | provide | pro + videre |
| (OHG glat) | gladness | joy pleasure delight | gaudium placere delectare |
| Gmc *зai- | go | depart | dispertire |
| god | deity | deus | |
| hearing | audience | audire | |
| WGmc *χōdjan | heed | attention | attenio, attendere |
| height | altitude | altitudo (< altus) | |
| help | assist | assistere < ad + sistere | |
| WGmc *χannja | hen | poultry | pullus |
| hill | mount | mons, montis | |
| Gmc *χursam | horse | equestrian | equestris |
| Gmc *χundaz | hound-like | canine | canis |
| (OHG jucchen) | itch | irritate | irritare |
| (OHG cnaen) | know | recognize | recognoscere |
| length | longitude | longitudo (< longus) | |
| (OHG luba) | loving | amorous | amorosus |
| match | correspond | con + respondere | |
| meet | encounter | incontrare < in + contra | |
| mistake | error | error (< errare) | |
| Gmc *moðar- | motherly | maternal | maternus, mater |
| Gmc *neujaz | new | novel modern | novus modernus |
| (OHG naht) | nightly | nocturnal | nocturnus |
| WGmc *alða | old | ancient | ante - "before" |
| Gmc *anþeraz | other | different | differre |
| (OHG rozzen) | rot | putrefy | putrefacere |
| seem | appear | apparere | |
| WGmc *skæpa WGmc *lambaz | sheep lamb | mutton | med. L. multo |
| WGmc *skuttjan | shut | close | clausus |
| Gmc *skeuχ(w)az | shy | timid | timidus |
| skillful | adept | adeptus < adipisci | |
| sleeping | dormant | dormire | |
| WGmc *seχ(w) | sight | vision | videre/visum |
| Gmc *swínam | swine | pork | porcus |
| teach | educate | educare < educere | |
| (OHG draen) | throw | catapult | catapulta |
| Gmc *tūnaz, tūnam | town | city | civitas, civis |
| understand | comprehend | comprehendere | |
| (OHG uzaro) | utterly | totally | totalis |
| (OHG wetti) | wage | stipend salary | stipendium salarium |
| Gmc *(ga)seχailaz | whole | entire | integer |
| width | latitude | latitudo (< latus) | |
| wise | prudent | prudens < providens | |
| Gmc *wunskjan | wish | desire | desiderare |
| Gmc wulfaz | wolf-like | lupine | lupus |
| 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 Latin 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