Germanic & Latinate Equivalents in the English Language
| Germanic | Latinate | Germanic | Latinate | Germanic | Latinate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| anger |
rage |
friendly | amicable | old | ancient |
| ask | inquire | give | provide | other | different |
| baby | infant | gladness | joy pleasure delight |
seem | appear |
| back | dorsum | go | depart | sheep lamb |
mutton |
| begin | commence | god | deity | shut | close |
| belief | creed or creedence | hearing | audience | shy | timid |
| belly | abdomen | heed | attention | skillful | adept |
| bodily | corporal | height | altitude | sleeping | dormant |
| brotherly | fraternal | help | assist | sight | vision |
| calf | veal | hen | poultry | swine | pork |
| come | arrive | hill | mount | teach | educate |
| cow | beef, bovine cattle |
horse | equestrian | thinking | pensive |
| deadly | mortal | hound-like | canine | throw | catapult |
| deer | venison | itch | irritate | town | city |
| earth | soil | know | recognize | understand | comprehend |
| fatherly | paternal | leave | egress exit |
utterly | totally |
| feeling | sensation | length | longitude | wage | stipend salary |
| first | primary | loving | amorous | wait | expect |
| flood | inundate | match | correspond | whole | entire |
| forbid | prohibit | meet | encounter | width | latitude |
| forgetting | oblivion | mistake | error | wise | prudent |
| foretell | predict | motherly | maternal | wish | desire |
| fox-like | vulpine | new | novel modern |
wolf-like | lupine |
| freedom | liberty | nightly | nocturnal | yellow | ochre |