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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
Old English and, ond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch en and German und
Germanic
Romance
2. basket
from Old French basket
Germanic
Romance
3. I (pronoun)
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ik and German ich
Germanic
Romance
4. knuckle
Middle English knokel; from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch knökel
Germanic
Romance
5. seven
Old English seofon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeven and German sieben
Germanic
Romance
6. stomach
from Old French estomac, stomaque
Germanic
Romance
7. defenestration
from Latin defenestratio
Germanic
Romance
8. library
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin libraria ‘bookshop’
Germanic
Romance
9. to ascend
from Latin ascendere, from ad- ‘to’ + scandere ‘to climb’
Germanic
Romance
10. queue
from French, based on Latin cauda
Germanic
Romance
11. etymology
from Old French ethimologie
Germanic
Romance
12. fabulous
from French fabuleux or Latin fabulosus
Germanic
Romance
13. to fly
Old English flēogan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vliegen and German fliegen
Germanic
Romance
14. toe
Old English tā, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tee and German Zeh, Zehe
Germanic
Romance
15. establish
late Middle English: from Old French establiss
Germanic
Romance
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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.