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[1]), 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.[2]

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

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Z

See also

Notes
  1. Skeat, Principles of English etymology, pg. 244
  2. Wes Ulm, The Germanic Component of Old and Middle French: Frankish, Gothic, Burgundian and Their Contributions to the English Tongue, http://wesulm.bravehost.com/languages/english/franco_german.htm

References
  • Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • Auguste Brachet, An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language: Third Edition
  • Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales
  • Dictionary.com.
  • Diez, An Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages"
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