This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form. The correspondence is semantic—in most cases these words are not cognates, but in some cases they are doublets, i.e., ultimately derived from the same root, generally Proto-Indo-European, as in cow and beef, both ultimately from PIE *gʷōus.
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The meanings of these words do not always correspond to Germanic cognates, and occasionally the specific meaning in the list is unique to English.
List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English
* reconstructed form
Noun/adjective doublets
In particular, the use of Latinate words in the sciences gives us pairs with a native Germanic noun and a Latinate adjective:
References
List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA