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List of English Latinates of Germanic origin

Many words in the English lexicon are made up of Latinate words; that is, words which have entered the English language from a Romance language (usually Anglo-Norman), or were borrowed directly from Latin. Quite a few of these words can further trace their origins back to a Germanic source (usually Frankish), making them cognate with many native English words from Old English, yielding etymological twins. Many of these are Franco-German words, or French words of Germanic origin.

Below is a list of Germanic words, names and affixes which have come into English via Latin or a Romance language.

A

  • (disputed)

B

  • "flat strip"
  • "group"
  • "financial institution"
  • (also )
  • (also )
  • "button, bump"
  • (also )
  • "to cook"
  • "to quarrel"
  • (disputed)
  • "dust sweeper; hairbrush"
  • "shrubbery, underbrush"
  • "to strike"
  • "table"
  • (also )
  • (of a joke)
  • "to hit with the head"

C

  • (also )
  • (fish)
  • (also )
  • (disputed)
  • "creche"
  • (crowbar)
  • (disputed)

D

  • (disputed)
  • (Etymonline raises Gaulish)
  • (disputed)
  • (disputed)
  • (in part)
  • (in part)

E

  • (in part)
  • (in part)
  • (also )

F

  • ,
  • (disputed)
  • (disputed)
  • ,
  • "tuft of wool"
  • (fish)
  • (disputed)
  • (feeling of alarm)
  • (young fish)

G

  • (game of cards)
  • (verb)
  • "rope"

H

  • "to drag, summon"
  • "stop"
  • "large basket"
  • "to mark with lines"

I

J

K

L

  • "short song"
  • (disputed)
  • (metallurgy) "hot bloom"
  • (in games)

M

  • (disputed)
  • "post"
  • "walk, stride"
  • "border"
  • (disputed)
  • (disputed)
  • (Latin merenda is suggested)
  • (Etymonline suggests Latin minÅ«tus)
  • (Etymonline suggests Latin medius)
  • "scornful look"
  • (disputed)

N

O

P

  • "clown, fool"
  • "something left as security"
  • "weapon"
  • "jug"
  • "to push, poke"
  • "to cook in liquid"
  • "sack"

Q

  • "case for arrows"

R

  • "order, position"
  • (disputed)
  • (disputed)
  • (disputed)
  • (disputed)
  • "firearm"
  • "to plunder"
  • "small fish"
  • "projectile"
  • (disputed)

S

  • (of a fish or reptile)
  • "strip of cloth"
  • (disputed)
  • "track, trail"
  • "to make dirty"
  • "a wallow"
  • "reddish brown"
  • (plant)
  • "to fathom, probe"
  • (wheat)
  • "lure, decoy"
  • "to delay"
  • "mainstay"
  • "prop, support"
  • "conflict"
  • "string, fiber"
  • "to dine"

T

  • "credit"
  • "cashbox"
  • "wheel"
  • "owndom, personal belongings"
  • "to stroll"
  • "to deceive, cheat"
  • "horn"

U

  • (in part)
  • (see mask)

V

  • (in part, Latinized)

W

  • "payment"
  • "bet"
  • "defender"
  • "to keep safe"
  • "to spoil, squander"
  • "desolate area"

Z

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