List of English Latinates of Germanic origin
Encyclopedia
Many words in the English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 lexicon
Lexicon
In linguistics, the lexicon of a language is its vocabulary, including its words and expressions. A lexicon is also a synonym of the word thesaurus. More formally, it is a language's inventory of lexemes. Coined in English 1603, the word "lexicon" derives from the Greek "λεξικόν" , neut...

 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
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...

 source (usually Frankish
Old Frankish
Old Frankish is an extinct West Germanic language, once spoken by the Franks. It is the parent language of the Franconian languages, of which Dutch and Afrikaans are the most known descendants...

), making them cognate with many native English words from Old English
Old English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...

, yielding etymological twins. Many of these are Franco-German
Old Frankish
Old Frankish is an extinct West Germanic language, once spoken by the Franks. It is the parent language of the Franconian languages, of which Dutch and Afrikaans are the most known descendants...

 words, or French words of Germanic origin.

Below is a list of Germanic words, names and affix
Affix
An affix is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word. Affixes may be derivational, like English -ness and pre-, or inflectional, like English plural -s and past tense -ed. They are bound morphemes by definition; prefixes and suffixes may be separable affixes...

es which have come into English via Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

 or a Romance language
Romance languages
The Romance languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family, more precisely of the Italic languages subfamily, comprising all the languages that descend from Vulgar Latin, the language of ancient Rome...

.

A

  • -ard
  • aband
  • abandominium
  • abandon
  • abandonee
  • abandum
  • abannation
  • abannition
  • abet
  • abettal
  • abettor
  • abut
  • abutment
  • affray
  • afraid
  • al fresco
  • Alan
  • Albert
  • Alemanni
  • Alice
  • Aline
  • Alison
  • allegiance
  • Allen
  • allodial
  • allodium
  • allot
  • allotment
  • allure
  • Alphonso
  • Alsace
  • ambassador
  • ambergris
  • ambuscade
  • ambush
  • Amelia
  • amuse
  • amusement
  • Anglicize
  • Anglo
  • Anglo-Saxon
  • Anglophile
  • Anglophone
  • Archibald
  • arrange
  • arrangement
  • array
  • attach
  • attachment
  • attaché
  • attack
  • attire
  • auberge
  • Audrey
  • avant-garde
    avant-gardism

B

  • babillard
  • baboon
  • bacon
  • badge
  • baggage
  • balcony
  • baldric
  • Baldwin
  • bale
  • ballon
  • balloon
  • ballot
  • ballottement
  • banal
  • banality
  • band "flat strip"
  • band "group"
  • bandage
  • bandeau
  • bandit
  • bandolier
  • bandy
  • banish
  • bank "financial institution"
  • bankrupt
  • bankruptcy
  • bannimus
  • banlieue
  • banner
  • banquet
  • banquette
  • bargain
  • baron
  • baroness
  • baronet
  • barrel
  • barren
  • bastard
  • bastardize
  • baste
  • bastide
  • Bastille
  • bastion
  • bateau (also batteau)
  • bawd
  • bawdy
  • beak
  • beaker
  • beggar
  • beignet
  • belfry
  • berm
  • Bertha
  • Bianca
  • bichon
  • bigot
  • bigotry
  • bison
  • bivouac
  • blanch
  • Blanche
  • blancmange
  • blank
  • blanket
  • blasé (also blase)
  • blazon
  • blemish
  • bleu
  • bliaut
  • blister
  • bloc
  • block
  • blockade
  • blond
  • blonde
  • blouse
  • bludgeon
  • blue
  • bobbin
  • bocce
  • bondage
  • bonnet
  • boot
  • booty
  • bordello
  • border
  • boss "button, bump"
  • botony
  • boudoir
  • bouffant
  • boulevard
  • boulevardier
  • bouquet
  • bourgeois (also burgeois)
  • bourgeoise
  • bourgeoisie
  • boutonniere
  • brach
  • brachet
  • bracket
  • braggart
  • braise
  • brandish
  • brawn
  • braze
  • brazier
  • bream
  • breccia
  • bric-a-brac
  • brick
  • bridoon
  • brioche
  • briquette
  • brisk
  • broil "to cook"
  • broil "to quarrel"
  • brose
  • browse
  • brulee
  • brunet
  • brunette
  • Bruno
  • brush "dust sweeper; hairbrush"
  • brush "shrubbery, underbrush"
  • brusque
  • Brussels
  • bucket
  • buffer
  • buffet "to strike"
  • buffet "table"
  • buffoon
  • buoy
  • buoyance
  • buoyancy
  • buoyant
  • burette
  • burgeon
  • burgess
  • burglar
  • burglarize
  • burglary
  • Burgundy
  • burin
  • burnish
  • busk
  • butcher
  • butt (of a joke)
  • butt "to hit with the head"
  • butte
  • button
  • buttress

C

  • cahoot (also cahoots)
  • Camembert
  • camerlengo
  • camouflage
  • can-can
  • canard
  • cantankerous
  • Carlos
  • Carolina
  • caroline
  • Carolingian
  • carouse
  • carousal
  • carp (fish)
  • carte blanche
  • Casablanca
  • casserole
  • Catalan
  • chagrin
  • chamberlain
  • chamois
  • charabanc
  • Charlemagne
  • Charles
  • charlotte
  • chemise
  • cheval de frise
  • chic
  • chicane
  • chicanery
  • chiffon
  • chiffonade
  • chiffonier
  • choice
  • claque
  • cliche (also cliché)
  • clique
  • cloak
  • cloche
  • Clovis
  • coach
  • coat
  • cockade
  • cockaigne
  • cocotte
  • coif
  • coiffeur
  • coiffure
  • cologne
  • condom
  • Conrad
  • contraband
  • contraption
  • coquette
  • corvette
  • coterie
  • cotillion
  • cottage
  • cramp
  • cranny
  • crap
  • cratch "creche"
  • cravat
  • crawfish
  • crayfish
  • creche
  • cricket
  • croquet
  • croquette
  • crotch
  • crouch
  • croup
  • crow (crowbar)
    crowbar
  • cruet
  • crush
  • cry
  • cuff

D

  • dance
  • dart
  • debauch
    debauchery
  • deboshed
  • debris
  • debut
  • debutante
  • decry
  • deforestation
  • defray
  • delay
  • demarcation
  • derange
  • detach
  • develop
  • development
  • dig
  • disarray
  • disband
  • disease
  • disenfranchise
  • disengage
  • disguise
  • dislodge
  • dismay
  • drab
  • drape
    drapery
  • droll
  • drug
  • dune
  • dungeon

E

  • ease
  • easy
  • eclat (also éclat)
  • egret
  • elope
  • embassy
  • emblazon
  • emblement
  • emboss
  • embrasure
  • embroider
  • embroil
  • enamel
  • encroach
  • enfranchise
  • engage
  • engagement
  • engrave
  • engross
  • enhance
  • enrich
  • entrap
  • envelop
  • envelope
  • equerry
  • equip
  • Ermentrude
  • ermine
  • escarpment
  • eschew
  • escrow
  • espionage
  • -esque
  • etiquette

F

  • falcon
  • faubourg
  • Fauve
  • Fauviast
  • fee
  • felon
  • felony
  • Ferdinand
  • feud
  • feudal
  • feuter, fewter
  • fiasco
  • fie
  • filbert
  • filibuster
  • filter
  • flagon
  • flamenco
  • flamingo
  • flan
  • flâneur
  • flange
  • flank
  • flask
  • flatter
  • flinch
  • flock "tuft of wool"
  • floss
  • flotilla
  • flotsam
  • flounder (fish)
  • forage
  • foray
  • forest
    forestation
    forester
    forestry
  • forcené
  • framboise
  • franc
  • Frances
  • franchise
  • Francis
  • Franciscan
  • Franco-
  • Franglais
  • frank
  • frankincense
  • Franklin
  • franklin
  • frappe
  • fray (feeling of alarm)
  • Frederick
  • fresco
  • frisk
  • frizz
  • frock
  • frounce
  • fry (young fish)
  • fur
  • furbish
  • furnish
  • furniture

G

  • gabardine
  • gable
  • gadget
  • gaffe
  • gaiety
  • gain
  • gainstrive
  • gaiter
  • gala
  • gallant
    gallantry
  • gallimaufry
  • gallivant
  • gallop
  • garage
  • garb
  • garbage
  • garçon
  • garden
  • gardenia
  • garibaldi
  • garland
  • garment
  • garner
  • garnish
  • garret
  • garrison
  • garrote
  • gasket
  • gauche
  • gaudy
  • gauge
  • Gaul
  • gaunt
  • gauntlet
  • gay
  • Geoffrey
  • Gerald
  • Gerard
  • Gertrude
  • ghetto
  • gibbet
  • gibbon
  • giblets
  • gigolo
  • Gilbert
  • gimlet
  • gleek (game of cards)
  • gnocchi
  • goblin
  • Godfrey
  • gonfalon
  • gopher
  • Goth
  • goth
  • gothic
  • gourmand
  • gourmet
  • grape
  • grapnel
  • grappa
  • grapple
  • grate (verb)
  • greaves
  • grimace
  • grippe
  • Griselda
  • grizzle
  • grocer
    grocery
  • grommet
  • gross
  • grouch
  • group
  • growl
  • grudge
  • gruel
  • guarantee
  • guard
    • guardian
  • Guelph
  • guerdon
  • Guernsey
  • guerrilla
  • guidance
  • guide
  • guidon
  • guile
  • guimpe
  • guise
  • guy "rope"
  • guy
  • gyrfalcon

H

  • haggard
  • haggis
  • halberd
  • hale "to drag, summon"
  • halt "stop"
  • halyard
  • hamlet
  • hamper "large basket"
  • hanaper
  • hangar
  • harangue
  • harass
  • harassment
  • harbinger
  • hardy
  • harlequin
  • harlot
  • harness
  • harpoon
  • harpsichord
  • harridan
  • hash
  • haste
    hasty
  • hatch "to mark with lines"
  • hatchet
  • hauberk
  • haughty
  • haul
  • haunch
  • haunt
  • haut cuisine
  • hautboy
  • hauteur
  • Havana
  • havoc
  • hawser
  • heinous
  • helmet
  • Henry
  • herald
  • Herbert
  • heron
  • hideous
  • hobbledehoy
  • hockey
  • hod
  • hodgepodge
  • hoe
  • hollandaise
  • Howard
  • Hubert
  • huge
  • Hugh
  • Huguenot
  • hurt
  • hurtle
  • hut
  • hutch

I

  • infiltrate
  • install
  • installment
  • irregardless

J

  • jangle
  • jape
  • jersey
  • jibe
  • jig
  • Jocelin
  • jolly

L

  • label
  • lai
  • Lambert
  • lampoon
  • Lancelot
  • lanyard
  • lattice
  • lawn
  • lay "short song"
  • lease
  • lecher
  • lecherous
  • Leonard
  • Leopold
  • leotard
  • lessee
  • leud
  • Lewis
  • lickerish
  • liege
  • lingua franca
  • list
  • lobby
  • locket
  • lodge
  • loggia
  • logistics
  • loin
  • Lombard
  • loop (metallurgy) "hot bloom"
  • Lorraine
  • lothario
  • lottery
  • lotto
  • Louis
  • loupe
  • louver
  • lowboy
  • luff
  • luge
  • lurch (in games)
  • lure

M

  • mackerel
  • mail "post"
  • maim
  • malinger
  • malkin
  • mangle
  • mannequin
  • maraud
    marauder
  • march "walk, stride"
  • march "botder"
  • Marcomanni
  • margrave
  • marmoset
  • marmot
  • marque
  • marquee
  • marquis
  • marshal
  • marten
  • mascara
  • mask
  • mason
  • masque
  • masquerade
  • massacre
  • Matilda
  • Maud
  • mayhem
  • meringue
  • merlin
  • Merovingian
  • mignon
  • Milicent
  • minion
  • mis- (in French words)
  • mitten
  • moat
  • mock
  • mooch
  • morass
  • morel
  • morganatic
  • mortgage
  • motley
  • moue
  • mousse
  • mow "scornful look"
  • muffle
  • murdrum
  • muse
  • mushroom

N

  • nonsense
  • Nordic
  • Norman
  • nouveau riche

O

  • oboe
  • Oliver
  • ordalian
  • ordalium
  • orgillous
  • orgulous
  • Orlando
  • osier
  • Ostrogoth

P

  • packet
  • pall-mall
  • park
  • parquet
  • patch "clown, fool"
  • patois
  • patrol
  • patten
  • paw
  • pawn "something left as security"
  • perform
  • picaresque
  • piccolo
  • picket
  • picnic
  • pike "weapon"
  • pinch
  • piquant
  • pique
  • pitcher "jug"
  • placard
  • plaque
  • plat
  • plate
  • plateau
  • platform
  • platinum
  • platitude
  • platter
  • pledge
  • poach "to push, poke"
  • poach "to cook in liquid"
  • pocket
  • poke "sack"
  • poltroon
  • potpourri
  • pottage
  • pouch
  • pouf
  • pulley

Q

  • quail
  • queasy
  • quiche
  • quiver "case for arrows"

R

  • rabbit
  • race "lineage"
  • racist
  • raffish
  • raffle
  • raiment
  • ramp
  • rampage
  • rampant
  • ranch
  • random
  • range
  • ranger
  • rank "order, position"
  • rapier
  • rasp
  • raspberry
  • ratchet
  • rave
  • Raymond
  • rearrange
  • rebuff
  • rebuke
  • rebut
  • rebuttal
  • refresh
  • refurbish
  • regain
  • regard
  • Reginald
  • regret
  • regroup
  • rehash
  • relay
  • remark
  • replevin
  • retire
  • retouch
  • reverie
  • reward
  • reynard
  • rhyme
  • ribald
  • ribbon
  • Richard
  • riches
  • ricochet
  • riffraff
  • rifle "firearm"
  • rifle "to plunder"
  • rink
  • rinse
  • riot
  • rivet
  • roach "small fish"
  • roan
  • roast
  • rob
  • robe
  • Robert
  • rocket "projectile"
  • Roderick
  • Roger
  • rogue
  • Roland
  • Rolf
  • romp
  • rotisserie
  • rubbish
  • rubble
  • ruffian
  • rummage
  • Russia

S

  • saber
  • sable
  • sabotage
  • sackbut
  • sacre bleu
  • safeguard
  • salon
  • saloon
  • savate
  • Saxon
  • scabbard
  • scaffold
    scaffolding
  • scale (of a fish or reptile)
  • scallop
  • Scandinavian
  • scaramouche
  • scarf "strip of cloth"
  • scarp
  • scavenge
  • scavenger
  • scherzo
  • scion
  • scorn
  • screen
  • scrimmage
  • scroll
  • scrum
  • scupper
  • scrutinize
  • scrutiny
  • seise
  • seize
  • seizure
  • seneschal
  • sense
  • shock
  • sirloin
  • skate
  • skew
  • skewbald
  • skiff
  • skirmish
  • slash
  • slat
  • slate
  • slender
  • slice
  • sloop
  • slot "track, trail"
  • sobriquet
  • soil "to make dirty"
  • soil "a wallow"
  • soke
  • sopaipilla
  • sorrel "reddish brown"
  • sorrel (plant)
  • sound "to fathom, probe"
  • soup
  • souse
  • spate
  • spavin
  • spell
  • spelt (wheat)
  • spool
  • spy
  • staccato
  • stale "lure, decoy"
  • stall "to delay"
  • stallion
  • stampede
  • standard
  • staple "mainstay"
  • stay "prop, support"
  • stockade
  • stour "conflict"
  • stout
  • strand "string, fiber"
  • strife
  • strive
  • stucco
  • stuff
  • sturgeon
  • sully
  • sup "to dine"
  • supper
  • surcoat
  • Swabian
  • Swiss

T

  • tabard
  • tack
  • taco
  • tampion
  • tampon
  • tan
  • tannin
  • tap
  • target
  • tarnish
  • tass
  • teat
  • tedesco
  • tetchy
  • Teutonic
  • Theobald
  • Theodric
  • Tibert
  • tick "credit"
  • ticket
  • tier
  • till "cashbox"
  • tirade
  • tire "wheel"
  • toccata
  • tocsin
  • touch
  • touché
  • touchy
  • toupee
  • towel
  • track
  • trampoline
  • trap "owndom, personal belongings"
    trappings
  • treacherous
  • treachery
  • trebuchet
  • triage
  • trial
    trialist
  • trick
  • tricot
  • trill
  • trip
  • troak
  • troll "to stroll"
  • trolley
  • trollop
  • trombone
  • trompe l'oeil
  • troop
  • trot
  • troupe
  • trump "to deceive, cheat"
  • trump "horn"
  • trumpery
  • trumpet
  • try
  • tryst
  • tuffet
  • tuft
  • tumbrel
  • tunnel
  • turbot

U

  • Ulster
  • unafraid
  • unattached
  • unblemished
  • unbutton
  • underbrush
  • undeveloped
  • undisguised
  • uneasy
  • unflattering
  • unfurnished
  • unguarded
  • unmask
  • untouchable
  • unwarranted

V

  • vagrant
  • vandal
  • vanguard
  • Varangian
  • veneer
  • vermouth
  • Visigoth
  • vogue

W

  • wad
  • wafer
  • wage "payment"
  • wage "bet"
  • wager
  • wait
  • waiter
  • waive
  • Waldensian
  • wallet
  • Walloon
  • wallop
  • Walter
  • war
  • warble
  • warden
  • warder
  • wardrobe
  • warmonger
  • warrant "defender"
  • warrant "to keep safe"
  • warranty
  • warren
  • warrior
  • warship
  • waste "to spoil, squander"
  • waste "desolate area"
  • wastrel
  • wayment
  • wile
  • William
  • wince

See also

  • Lists of English loanwords by country or language of origin
  • List of English words of French origin
  • List of French words of Germanic origin
  • List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English
  • Anglish
    Anglish
    Anglo-Saxon linguistic purism is a kind of English linguistic purism, which favors words of native origin over those of foreign origin. In its mild form, it merely means using existing native words instead of foreign ones...

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