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Germanic or Romance Etymology
Guess whether each selected English word is most closely related to the Romance or Germanic language families.
Etymologies sourced from Google
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Last updated: October 30, 2021
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| First submitted | October 30, 2021 |
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1.
and
Germanic
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Romance
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Old English and, ond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch en and German und
2.
basket
Germanic
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Romance
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from Old French basket
3.
I (pronoun)
Germanic
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Romance
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Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ik and German ich
4.
knuckle
Germanic
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Romance
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Middle English knokel; from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch knökel
5.
seven
Germanic
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Romance
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Old English seofon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeven and German sieben
6.
stomach
Germanic
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Romance
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from Old French estomac, stomaque
7.
defenestration
Germanic
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Romance
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from Latin defenestratio
8.
library
Germanic
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Romance
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late Middle English: via Old French from Latin libraria ‘bookshop’
9.
to ascend
Germanic
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Romance
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from Latin ascendere, from ad- ‘to’ + scandere ‘to climb’
10.
queue
Germanic
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Romance
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from French, based on Latin cauda
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etymology
Germanic
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Romance
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from Old French ethimologie
12.
fabulous
Germanic
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Romance
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from French fabuleux or Latin fabulosus
13.
to fly
Germanic
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Romance
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Old English flēogan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vliegen and German fliegen
14.
toe
Germanic
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Romance
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Old English tā, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tee and German Zeh, Zehe
15.
establish
Germanic
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Romance
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late Middle English: from Old French establiss
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My native language is Finnish, but I have learned Swedish at school. It helped in deciding, what is Germanic and what is not (also German language helped). I almost automatically chose Romance for "queue", but then I thought that in Swedish the word is "kö", so it must be Germanic. That went wrong.
The Latin word "cauda" is interesting, because Swedish "ö" is often from earlier "au", as can be seen in old Finnish loan words in which "au" still is intact (Swedish "nöt", Finnish "nauta", 'bovine' which is common term for cows and bulls). So, it looks like "kö" could be loan word from Latin, but it seems that as in English, it is loan word from French.