English—Latin cognates
If you speak a Romance language such as Spanish, Italian or French you will come across many familiar words in English. In fact, more than half of English words come from a Latin language. You already know thousands of words in English. About 90% of Spanish cognates have the same meaning in English. Here is a series of blog posts. Each blog post examines a different word ending.
2019
- English—Latin cognates ending in -al
- English—Latin cognates ending in -ant
- English—Latin cognates ending in -are
- English—Latin cognates ending in -ar
- Even more English—Latin cognates ending in -ate
- Even more English—Latin cognates ending in -ary
- English—Latin cognates ending in -ble
- English—Latin cognates ending in -ct
- English—Latin cognates ending in -e
- English—Latin cognates ending in -ence