Monday, December 2, 2013

Cognates and false cognates



a cognate is a word that looks like its English translation, for example:
car = car
intensive = intensive
cup = cup
false cognate is a word that looks like one in English, but that is not its translation:
parents = parents (confused with relatives)
dairy = dairy (mistaken Daily)
relative = relative (relative mistaken)

cop = cop (confused with glass)

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