poison / venom
feeling / emotion
freedom / liberty :)
feeling / emotion
freedom / liberty :)
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English: 'Can you find the Germanic equivalents?'
Poison and venom are both Romance and I guess you turned the topic's 'purpose' up side down ;-)
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Modern French: ----------------- Aperitif-? Bourgeois middle class Café-coffee Camouflage blend in Chateau castle Chef cook Debacle ? Debut / Dessert / Elite best Hotel / Lingerie underwear Morale enthusiasm? Prestige / Regime rule, Silhouette shadow Souvenir gift Voyeur ? --------------- Old French: --------------- Allow let Beauty looks Conquest / Defeat beat Destroy ruin Dinner supper? Forest woods Garden / Honest / Interest / Judge / Loyal faithful? Place / Poison / Push / Quest search venture? Royal rich? Stuff things, S**t? Sure certain? ------------- Latin: ------------ Add / Area / Candle / Complex compilicated intracate? Data / Decide choose Genius Illiteracy / Immoral unjust Immortality / Ingenious smart , clever Interim time being Literature writing Media/ Memory/ Peninsula/ Propaganda/ Referendum/ Status /
Jeb : An <task>, <range>, <faith> & <group> viennent de l'ancien français. An <recall> possède un préfixe franco-latin.
Kirk : <eatery> = suffixe franco-latin. <Coffee> : turc ou arabe. <Rich>, <reminder>, <tear apart> sont tous — partiellement ou entièrement — latins. ;)
Ecko : <class>, <castle>, <enthusiasm>, <ruin>, <search>, <venture>, <certain>, <supper>, <complicated> & <just> viennent de l'ancien ou du moyen-français. <Intricate> vient du latin.
Erratum (Kirk) : <rich> a juste été influencé par la graphie française. D'autre part <looks> ne veut pas dire <beauty>. Je ne vois pas le rapport entre <morale> et <enthusiasm>. Ça va être dur !
I agree with greg, most of the synonyms you found were of Romance origin.
Not all fo those words actually have any Germanic equivelents. some Germanic words have Latin based synonyms, but many were just replaced and never made from Anglo Saxon to Modern English.
I have listed only those for which I could find a plausible (?) Germanic variant which has not been mentioned yet (but it is on you to decide). Some of them are more or less successful coinages of mine. :)
----------------- Modern French: ----------------- Aperitif - opening drink, meal-starter Bourgeois - middlebrow (modeled on "highbrow" and "lowbrow", therefore somewhat ironic) Debut - step-in (used in a figurative sense, but perhaps more appropriate for "entry") Dessert - meal-sweetener, aftermeal Elite - upperfolk Silhouette - shadow-shape Souvenir - tripgift Voyeur - hide-looker --------------- Old French: --------------- Dinner - even(ing)meal Judge - sheriff Place - spot Poison - deathstuff Quest - hunt, search Royal - kingly Stuff - is this Old French? (German also has "Stoff", now meaning "material, cloth", so it could be a Germanic loanword to French) ------------- Latin: ------------ Illiteracy - unwritness Immortality - deathlessness Interim - meantime Literature - writ-craft (not to be confused with "witchcraft") Memory - mindsearch (not sure if "mind" is Germanic, though, could be a derivative of Latin "mens"), timesearch (for the actual act of remembering) timeshape (for a definite memory that is recalled) Peninsula - shoretongue (figurative, of course)
That is nothing special in this discussion. because every language have some tuch with other language. that's it.
I disagree,
It's quite remarkable that English 'misses' a lot of Germanic synonims for these romance words.
Allow -- to let
Beauty -- good looks Conquest -- a win Defeat -- to beat Destroy -- to tear down Dinner -- evening chow/feed/nosh Forest -- timberland Garden -- yard Honest -- truthful Interest -- take a liking to Judge -- to make out Loyal -- dinky-di Place -- a whereabouts Poison -- bane Push -- shove Quest -- delving Royal - lordly/blue-blooded Stuff - things Sure - steadfast ------------- Latin: ------------ Add -- tack on Area -- neighbourhood/whereabouts Candle -- waxstick Complex - hard/tricky Data -- tidings Decide -- pick Genius -- highly gifted Illiteracy - unlettered Immoral - unrighteous Immortality - everlasting Ingenious - very clever Interim - break Literature - reading material/body of works Media - marking roll Memory - mind's eye Peninsula - jutting head Propaganda - bull (shit) Referendum - poll Status - worth
Guest : désolé mais <unrighteous> est refusé. :)
Le suffixe <—eous> est calqué soit sur le français <—eux>/<—euse> soit sur le latin <—eus>.
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Modern French: ----------------- Aperitif Opening Bourgeois townish Café Streetside Camouflage Chateau stronghold Chef Headcook Debacle - Debut Outthrust, Outstrut, Show-out Dessert Aftermeal Elite Chosen Hotel Guesthouse Lingerie Nightie(s) Morale Heart Prestige Firstness Regime Wield Silhouette Shadow Souvenir Keepsake Voyeur Watcher --------------- Old French: --------------- Allow Let Beauty comeliness Conquest overcome, take-over Defeat beat Destroy fordo, undo Dinner evening-meal Forest wold, weald, woods, holt Garden yard Honest truthful Interest yearning Judge deem, Deemer Loyal true Place stead Poison Fishblood : ] Push Shove, Drive Quest Seek Royal Kingly Stuff Things Sure (I)Wis ------------- Latin: ------------ Add Fay Area Room Candle Taper Complex Manifold Data (the form of the word is from Latin, but the definition/concept as we use it today is not. Let's not credit the Romans for things they did not achieve) Decide Deem Genius - Illiteracy unreading, readlessness Immoral Sinful Immortality Sinfulness Ingenious - Interim Middletime Literature Reading, Lore Media Middleness Memory Mind Peninsula Ness Propaganda - Referendum - Status Hood (as in childHOOD) I would love to revive Old English words for some of these: "dreave" for push<draefan-to cause to drive, "allieve" for let<alyfan, etc etc etc |