Latin and English: Cognates

Now that we know how to pronounce words in Latin, let's look at some cognates shared with English. This will really highlight the difference in phonetics between the two languages, since some of these words are spelled identically, but pronounced differently!
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[@adriani9432]

These are not cognates. Instead these are loanwords, which are words English adopted from Latin or a Latin-derived language like Norman French. An example of a cognate is the English word "mother" and the Latin word "mater". The English word is not derived from Latin, but both mater and mother are derived from a common Indo-European root.

[@objective_psychology]

The word “cognate” on its own is often used very loosely to just mean “something related”

[@DrPonner]

​@@objective_psychology by who? I don't often hear people use "cognate" outside of language-related (e.g. linguistics, language learning, conlanging, etc.) circles and those circles use cognate strictly in OP's sense and "loanword" otherwise.

[@objective_psychology]

@@DrPonner I meant in the context of linguistics, so related as in a linguistic type of relationship

[@UnrealPerson]

Or (I think) English "way" and Latin "via".

[@sethhatfield6293]

Behold, the classic “erm look at me I’m so smart! Because I can spew semi-coherent pedantic nonsense and pretend to have my big gotcha moment!” All loanwords fall under the umbrella of cognates. Not all cognates however are loanwords. It’s literally that simple. You’re not as smart as you think you are, you’re just a clown trying to pretend that you have a shred of intellect to offer.

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[@Skeazy_L]

Its not pure Latin, ex. militia = Militsia

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[@DanielMWJ]

For those wondering, the \-io words becoming \-ion in English because \-ion- is the stem form, which is what it is ultimately from. (As from a declined form) It's not just completely random or anything.

[@DrPonner]

I figured it was cuz that's how those types of words ended up in French

[@BonesyTucson]

Thank you for not using ecclesiastical latin, and using reconstructed classical!

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[@mbberry135]

Jecerunt does have cognate in English. Eject, Project I have been looking for that word for a while. That You.

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[@petersage5157]

Fun fact: If a word appears to be a cognate but has entirely different meanings and etymologies in different languages, it's called a "false friend." Pulcherrimus seems to be a near cognate of pulchritudinous, which is a "well-lettered" word for beautiful.

[@eastvandb]

I was going to bring up "Pulchritude", but your example is way better.

[@petersage5157]

@@eastvandb Same church, different pew; Dave's example was the noun version. They all derive from pulcher. Still, Dave's right in that the English equivalent isn't in common use. By the way..."you're"? ;p I'll chalk that up to a hasty autocomplete.

[@eastvandb]

@@petersage5157 I have no excuse! I was typing on a keyboard. But too much texting has made me sloppy. I'm going to correct that now, so as not to appear too foolish to future generations.

[@DrPonner]

Like Spanish molestar = "to bother" and not "to molest"

[@rheiagreenland4714]

Actually, the way I've heard it, "False Friend" can mean that, but it can also just mean two words which etymologically are cognates but just happen to have different meanings in their different languages. "False Cognates" would probably be better to use if you specifically mean that they don't share a common origin. Not an expert on this kind of terminology though

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[@OldBenOne]

Pulcherrimus video.

[@RicardoMorenoAlmeida]

I was under the impression that the letter J only appeared in the 1500's. If that's correct, janitor and junior should be spelled ianitor and iunior.... 🤷‍♂

[@Langwigcfijul]

True, but modern convention has the sound /y/ as 'J', just like /w/ and /u/ are written as 'V' and 'U' but during the classical period are both 'V'.

[@peterwyetzner5276]

It's really the same letter as I. If you look at most Latin dictionaries, they will use the J instead of an I when it falls at the beginning of words, as in juro or justitia. But the Oxford Latin Dictionary, which is now the most authoritative, decided to go back to the classical use of I in all cases, so iuro and iustitia.

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Latin, pronounced Latn?

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