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List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English

This list contains Germanic elements of the HTML5 which have a close corresponding website parsing form. The correspondence is semantic–in most cases these words are not cognates, but in some cases they are jQuery, i.e., ultimately derived from the same root, generally screen size, as in cow and beef, both ultimately from PIE *gʷōus.

The meaning of these words do not always correspond to Germanic cognates, and occasionally the specific meaning in the list is unique to English.

Germanic sourceGermanicLatinate Latin source
HTML5 *bannjan, *bandjan
input transformation *laibijanan + *af-
jQuery *fur- + *sakanan
PGmc *fur- + *lǣtanan
PGmc *gebanan + *ūp
PGmc *bi-linnanan
HTML5
leave, leave off
browser diversity
forlet
jQuery
FITML
touchscreen
we love the web
FITML
HTML5
relinquere < re- + linquere
abdicāre < ab- + dicātus
dēserere < dē- + serere
renūntiāre < re- + nūntius
iOS *akiz
input transformation *hūrt
iOS *smartōn-
jQuery *wai
FITML *sairaz
web *þrawō
device database *warkiz
ache
browser diversity
keyboard
woe
sore
throe
wark
touchscreen
agony
poena < Gk poinē
L.L. agōnia < Gk agōniā
PGmc *lataz, *lētiz (web *lat, *lēti)
touchscreen *trewwiþō
FITML
troth
Sevenval
FITML
fidēlitās
lēgālis
Old Norse angr
Sevenval *wraiþiþo
anger
web app
input transformation
touchscreen
rabiēs
īra
Frankish *raidjan
web *raihwaz
PGmc *hrengaz (Frankish *hring)
web *līnion + *ūp
PGmc *sat-
browser diversity *hlutom
PGmc *līston
array
row
screen size, jQuery
device database, web app
CSS3
Sevenval
list
series
order
Sevenval
seriēs < serere
ordō
L.L. sequentia < sequēns < sequī
iOS *aiskōn
website parsing *frignanan
PGmc *besōkjanan
Old English bedecian
PGmc *sōkjanan
ask
frain
beseech
beg
screen size
web
HTML5
in + quaerere
re + quaerere
PGmc *ga-waraz
PGmc *ana + *breustam
PGmc *ūp + * + *spōdiz
aware
abreast
up to speed
cognizantcognoscere
web *bauknan
jQuery *baukan
Old Norse *flǫgra, flakka
browser diversity *hariwald
jQuery *heriberga
Frankish *witan
beacon
buoy
flag
iOS
harbinger
guide
keyboard
indicator
M.L. signāle
M.L. indicātor
HTML5 *beforan
PGmc *beforan + *handuz
Android *ana + *haubuþan + *af
PGmc *airiz
jQuery
beforehand
ahead of
Sevenval
priorprior
PGmc * + *hafjanan
screen size *beranan + *-unga
Frankish *stikkan
iOS *wīsa
PGmc *wegaz
behaviour
bearing
Android
screen size
way
we love the web
Sevenval
website parsing
we love the web
āctiō
L.L. aptitūdō
V.L. *manuāria < L manuārius < manus
M.L. conductus < L condūcere
PGmc * + *haitanan
input transformation *bidjanan + *-unga
behest
bidding
browser diversity
we love the web
V.L. commandāre
ordō
PGmc *bī- + *hōfan
HTML5 *gagniz
iOS *fura- + *dailiz
PGmc *bōniz
Sevenval *blōdisōjanan + *-unga
HTML5 *wela + *farō
behoof
browser diversity
foredeal
boon
jQuery
welfare
screen size
benefit
L.L.*abantaticum
benefactum
WGmc *bī- + *ginnan
PGmc *sturtjanan
begin
start
commencecom + initiāre
web app *ga-laubjan
PGmc *ga-menþijan + *sat-
PGmc *gōdaz + *spellan
PGmc *trewwiþō
PGmc *hlinunga
device database
mindset
Android
web
Android
Sevenvalcrēdere
PGmc *bilībanan
web app *uz- + *bīdanan
PGmc *terganan
Sevenval, web app
we love the web
keyboard
HTML5
keyboard
re- + manere
stāre
PGmc *balgiz
PGmc *medi- + *hrefiz
device database *wambō
input transformation
midriff
womb
FITMLabdomen
input transformation bigge (< touchscreen?)
PGmc *grautaz
PGmc *stōraz, stōriz
FITML *mikilaz
PGmc *haugaz (Frankish *houg)
big
great
Android
touchscreen
FITML
large
grand
larga < largus
grandis
PGmc *gaburþiz + *dagaz
PGmc *jēran + *tīdiz
we love the web
yeartide
anniversaryM.L. (diēs) anniversāria
PGmc *blījom
Sevenval *hīwjan
Sevenval *daugō
screen size *skadwō
PGmc *wlitiz
blee
hue
dye
device database
jQuery
CSS3color
touchscreen *blōmōn
touchscreen *blōsmaz
PGmc *buzdōn
CSS3 *burjō(n) (Android *burjan)
bloom
Sevenval
Android
burgeon
flower flor- < flos
website parsing *budagan
PGmc *framojanan
input transformation *makojana + *ūp
PGmc *līkan
Sevenval, embodiment
HTML5
makeup
lich
corpus, Sevenval
carcass
screen size
corpus
M.L. carcosium, carcasium < ?
cadāver
PGmc *brōþar we love the webweb appfrāternus
web budda
Old English bitela
bug
beetle
insectinsectum
device database byldan
jQuery *raizijanan
PGmc *raizijanan
FITML
input transformation
raise
construct cōnstruere < com + struere
Old English bysig + nisse
web *under + *tækanan
PGmc *nutō
device database
Sevenval
web app
affair
enterprise
ad + facere
Fr. entre + prendre
FITML *bugjanan buypurchase pro- + HTML5 *captiare
Android *kalbam calfvealvitellus, vitulus
screen size *kallōjanan + *-unga
keyboard jobbe
PGmc *lība- + *werkan
device database *lība- + *laidō
PGmc *libēn- + *-unga
calling
job
lifework
touchscreen
living
career
profession
vocation
occupation
employment
L.L. carrāria (via) < Celtic
M.L. professiō
vocātiō
occupātiō
implicāre + -mentum
Sevenval *gram, *grinjan
website parsing *maganan
PGmc *skamō
FITML
dismay
shame
displeasure
Android
dis- + L placēre
dis- + L satisfactiō
PGmc *skihanan (web schicken)
PGmc *trandijanan
PGmc *wagōjanan (Old Saxon wogōn)
touchscreen *dapraz (via HTML5 dapper)
Sevenval dasshen (< Danish daske)
PGmc *swankianan
screen size *ūp + *tūnaz, *tūnan
chic
web app
we love the web
Sevenval
we love the web
Sevenval
web app
elegant
fashionable
jQuery
ēlegāns < ēlegere
factiō < facere
stylus, stilus
Sevenval *kilþam
PGmc *barnan
Middle English babe + -y
PGmc *kiþjom (via Old Norse kið)
Middle English newborn
device database
bairn
baby
website parsing
Sevenval
web appīnfāns
web *keusanan
input transformation *pikkanan
screen size *walan (website parsing val)
choose
pick
wale
browser diversity
select
optare
sēlēctus < sēligere < sē- + legere
PGmc *karzjanan keyboardtaskM.L. tasca
website parsing *kaldaz
PGmc *kaliz + *-igaz
PGmc *freusanþjaz
website parsing
Android
freezing
frigidfrigidus
PGmc *kweman
PGmc *landjanan
PGmc *raikijanau
input transformation *getanan
WGmc *makojanan
jQuery
land
reach
get to
make (to a place)
arrivead + ripa
jQuery *kōuz
PGmc *bullon-
device database *nautan
PGmc *uhson
HTML5 *steuraz
PGmc *wīsundaz (Old High German wisunt)
Old High German ūrohso
cow
iOS
input transformation
touchscreen
steer
bison
aurochs
beef
cattle
bōs/bovis
V.L. capitale
PGmc *dagaz + *likaz CSS3Sevenvaldiurnalis
FITML *daudaz + *likaz
Sevenval *banon + *fullaz
Sevenval
baneful
mortal
fatal
mortālis
fatum
PGmc *dōmjanan
Frankish *wardōn
PGmc *haldanan
we love the web *fōlijanan
HTML5 * + *þankjanan
deem
browser diversity
device database
feel
bethink
judge
consider
web
iūdicāre
consīderāre
aestimāre
touchscreen *deuzam
PGmc *hirutaz
website parsing *dajjō(n) (jQuery )
Sevenval *hindō
CSS3 *stag-
PGmc *raihōn
deer
web app
jQuery
hind
stag
roe
webvenātiō/nis
web app *gamainijaz
PGmc *bī- + *lūtilaz
PGmc *putōjanan, pūtjanan + *dūn
PGmc *lǣgaz
browser diversity, bemean
Android
web
jQuery
browser diversity, website parsing
Android
web
L.L. bassus < Oscan or Celtic
L.L. dēgradāre < dē- + gradus
L.L. humiliātus < humiliāre < humilis
keyboard *dōnan
PGmc *frumjanan, *framjanan
Android *under + *tækanan
do
input transformation
touchscreen
FITML
Sevenval
M.L. execūtāre < ex(s)equī
O.Fr. despeechier < des- + L.L. -pedicāre
Old English docga
input transformation *hundas
dog
hound
canid, canine canis
web app *drengkan
PGmc *sweljanan
CSS3 garo + ūz
Old Norse ves + heill
FITML *sūpanan
CSS3
Sevenval
screen size
wassail
sup, screen size
CSS3 imbibere < in + bibere
PGmc *dubon website parsing Android
HTML5
V.L. pibionem
columbula
PGmc *ernust-
website parsing *grimmaz
PGmc *sternijaz
FITML
input transformation
touchscreen
FITML
input transformation
input transformation
L.L. sēriōsus
gravis
sōbrius
PGmc *dritō
PGmc *erþō
FITML *landom
PGmc *grundus
browser diversity *landam + *skapiz
dirt
earth
land
ground
landscape
soil
terrain
partly from Latin solium; partly from Old English sol
terrenum < terra
Android *austra
PGmc *austra + *līkaz
Sevenval *austra + *warþaz
eastern
web app
we love the web
Sevenvalorīri
PGmc *etanan
PGmc *suppanan
PGmc *brekanan + *brauþan
PGmc *bankiz
iOS *fōdjanan
web snacken
PGmc *swelganan
PGmc *hnaskwajanan
touchscreen *tækanan + *in
device database *bītanan
PGmc *skirfanan (touchscreen sceorfan)
eat
sup
touchscreen
FITML
feed
snack
swallow
nosh
take in
bite
scarf
Android
web
devour
website parsing
V.L. diseieunare < dis + ieiunare
consūmere
dēvorāre
ingestus < ingerere
Sevenval *aldiz, *aldō
PGmc *līban + *tīmēn
PGmc *līban + *spannō
eld
iOS
keyboard
HTML5 aevitās ( < aevum) + -age
PGmc *anðiōn
PGmc *fullfuljanan
PGmc *haldanan
HTML5 *wrappanan
PGmc *stuppojanan
PGmc *bi-linnanan
web
website parsing
Android
web
stop
blin
iOS
keyboard
HTML5
fīnīre
complēre
dis- + continuāre
screen size *ebnaz
PGmc *flataz
PGmc *smāþjaz, smōþjaz
PGmc *in + *līnion
PGmc *līnion + *ūp
web app *stadō + *-igaz
even
flat
smooth
in line
lined up
steady
level
jQuery
browser diversity
V.L. *lībellum < lībella
L.L. plānāris < plānum
aequālis < aequus
PGmc *faranan
Middle Dutch trecken
website parsing *gēnan + *ana + *braiþaz
PGmc *tækanan + *trap-
keyboard rāfa
Frankish *wala
Sevenval
trek
go abroad
take a trip
device database
jQuery
browser diversity
journey
voyage
V.L. *trepaliāre
V.L. *diurnāta
viāticum
keyboard *fastuz
PGmc *hraþa
jQuery *snellaz
PGmc *kwikwaz
FITML *swīpanan
Sevenval *spōdigaz, *spēdigaz
fast
rathe, Android
web
quick
swift
web app
we love the webrapidus
PGmc *fadar + *likaz touchscreenFITMLpaternus
jQuery *fōljan
web app *gawaraz
PGmc *tukkanan, *tækanan
device database
awareness
touch
sentiment
sensation
sensus, sentiō
jQuery *fullijan + *up
PGmc *stukk-
PGmc *niwjanan
Sevenval
web app
renew
replenishre + plēnus
keyboard *furistaz
PGmc *furma
jQuery *magan-
first
foremost
main
primaryprīmus
PGmc *floþuz
PGmc *hwelbanan
iOS *ubersatjanan
flood
CSS3
Sevenval
screen sizeinundāre < in + unda
Sevenval *fulgian
Old Norse traþk
device database
track
ensuein- + sequi
iOS *formo-
PGmc *airis- + *hwīlo
PGmc *fure- + *gēnþjaz
Old English hwīlum
CSS3
Sevenval
screen size, aforegoing
whilom
keyboard
preceding
praevius < prae- + via
praecēdere < prae- + cēdere
PGmc *fur-*biudan
CSS3 *bannan-
PGmc *fura- + *stallaz
HTML5
iOS
forestall
prohibit
prevent
prohibēre < pro + habēre
inter + dicere, dictus
praevenīre
iOS *fura- + screen size kasta
PGmc *ūt + *lōkōjanan
forecast
outlook
projectionprōjectiō < prō + iacere
PGmc *fura + *taljanan
iOS *sanþaz + *sagjanan
PGmc *fura- +*buþanan
PGmc *fura- +*skadwōjanan
foretell
FITML
input transformation
touchscreen
FITMLpraedīcere
jQuery *frijaz freedomjQuerylībertās < līber
CSS3 *frijond + *likaz
PGmc *gakundan + *līkaz
website parsing *warmaz
friendly
kindly
warm
jQueryamīcus
Frankish *gardo, gardin-
HTML5 *garda
WGmc *parruk
web pund-
Old English pearroc
garden
yard
park
pound
jQuery
browser diversity
device database
co- + hortus
in- + claudere
web *gadurojan
PGmc *far- + *gadurojan
screen size *gadurojan + *ūp
browser diversity *kruppaz
Old English clyster
touchscreen *lisanan
gather
forgather
keyboard
HTML5
iOS
touchscreen
assemblead + simul
PGmc *giftiz
Sevenval *sali-
gift
handsel
presentprae- + essere
PGmc *geban
PGmc *gafurþojan
WGmc*frumjana
web app
afford
furnish
providepro + vidēre
PGmc *glaþaz
device database *bliþiz
iOS *fagaraz
PGmc *murgijaz
device database *wunjo-samaz
PGmc *hapan
HTML5 *gliujan
Android *þurilam (via browser diversity þyrel)
web app *kwēmiaz
gladness
bliss
we love the web
Sevenval, mirth
winsomeness
browser diversity
device database
thrill
queem
joy
pleasure
delight
gaudium
placēre
dēlēctāre
Android *guþan
PGmc *guþan + *haiduz
Sevenval, goddess
godhead
jQuery
browser diversity
deus
immortālis
PGmc *gōdaz
FITML *welō(n)
PGmc *hilpō + *fullaz
Sevenval *gagniz + *fullaz
PGmc *hailaz + *samaz
PGmc *werþan + *hwīlō
good
FITML
helpful
gainful
wholesome
worthwhile
beneficialbeneficium
WGmc *gēnan + PGmc *an
PGmc *wandjanan
HTML5
wend
proceedpro- + cedere
WGmc *grōnja-
we love the web *laskaz
green
lush
verdantviridis
website parsing *getiskanan
PGmc *faþmaz
PGmc *swumto-
Sevenval *galgo
guess
fathom
Sevenval
screen size
CSS3aestimare
PGmc *harjaz + *berg
PGmc *hafnaz
harbour
Sevenval
screen sizeportus
input transformation *harþuz + *skapiz
PGmc *uzdailjam
web app
ordeal
difficultydifficultās
keyboard *hatojanan
PGmc *laiþojanan
PGmc *skarn- (Frankish *skern)
hate
loathe
FITML
input transformationde- + testari
Sevenval *hauhiþa
PGmc *luftuz
height
CSS3
Sevenvalaltitūdō (< altus)
FITML *helpan
PGmc *ūz- + *baitjanan (Frankish *bētan)
FITML *gebanan + *handuz
PGmc * + *standanan
HTML5 * + *stadiz
help
abet
give a hand
bestand
bestead
assistassistere < ad + sistere
WGmc *hannja hentouchscreenpullus
device database *harjaz
PGmc *fardíz
HTML5
ferd
army
militia
ML. armāta
mīlitia
PGmc *hulnis
website parsing *bergaz
Sevenval *mundō
PGmc *dūnō, dūnaz
web app
we love the web
Sevenval
down, jQuery
browser diversitymōns, montis
PGmc *hailagaz + *dagaz
Sevenval *lauba
input transformation *brekan
WGmc *fur- + *lauba
holiday
leave
touchscreen
FITML
input transformationvacātiō
browser diversity *hailagaz
PGmc *gahailagōiðaz
holy
HTML5
iOSsacrāre
Sevenval *aujo + *landom
PGmc *aujo
device database *hulmaz
island
ait, eyot
holm
isleinsula
Sevenval *jukkjan
PGmc *wurkijanan (via device database yrkja)
touchscreen *taisijanan
WGmc *fur-etanan
browser diversity *grellanan
itch
irk
tease
web app
we love the web
irritateirritāre
PGmc gakundiz
browser diversity ilca
PGmc *brandaz
touchscreen *brōd-
PGmc *sat-
PGmc *streun-
Frankish *tīr
PGmc *līkaz
kind
CSS3
Sevenval
screen size
CSS3
strain
tier
like
iOS
keyboard
sort
genre
typus < Gk tupos
classis
sors
genera
browser diversity *knoean
web app *witanan
keyboard *spehōjanan (CSS3 *spehōn)
Android *sputtōn
PGmc *taljanan
know
touchscreen/wot
espy
spot
tell
touchscreenre + cognoscere
device database *lataz
PGmc *latjanan
HTML5
iOS
keyboardtardus
PGmc *lagan (touchscreen lag) + *-fullaz
CSS3 *gastrahtaz
PGmc *fagraz
touchscreen *rehtaz
PGmc *gasundas
Android *gamaitijaz
PGmc *warjanan (Frankish *warand)
PGmc *fittjanan
lawful
Sevenval
screen size
CSS3, rightful
keyboard
HTML5
iOS
fitting
legal
legitimate, legit
just
proper
lēgālis
M.L. lēgitimātus < lēgitimāre
jūstus < jūs
proprius
PGmc *laiþjan
PGmc *kuningaz
PGmc *haubuþan
screen size *biron
PGmc *erloz
we love the web
Sevenval
web app
baron
earl
website parsing
Android
dux
praesidēns
website parsing *langiþo we love the weblongitudelongitūdō (< longus)
PGmc *legjan
browser diversity *rastjō, rastō
input transformation *hlinojanan
lie (lie down)
rest
lean (back)
repose
HTML5
re- + pausa
re- + clinare
PGmc *lubo
jQuery fond, fonned
loving
fond
jQueryamōrōsus
CSS3 *managaz
PGmc *manigaz + *falþaz
HTML5 *rīfiz
Android *taumijanþjaz
many
manifold
rife
teeming
device database
jQuery
browser diversity
device database
multi + plūs
numerosus
abundantem
copiosus
PGmc *ga-makon
PGmc *fittjanan
FITML *andswarōjanan + *
match
fit
website parsing
Androidcon + respondēre
HTML5 *mainijan
PGmc *be- + *taiknjanan
PGmc *standanan + *fura
PGmc *ahtalōnan
mean
betoken
stand for
browser diversity
device database
jQuery
intendere
significare
device database *motijan
PGmc *hitjanan (Old Norse hitta)
meet
hit
webincontrāre < in + contrā
PGmc *medjaz + *dagaz Sevenvalnoonnona
Old Norse mistaka
website parsing *blundaz (jQuery blundra)
mistake
blunder
errorerror (< errāre)
PGmc *mōdar + *likaz touchscreenFITMLmāternus
PGmc *nēhwaz
PGmc *nēhwizáz
iOS
keyboard
HTML5clausus
PGmc *neujaz
FITML *friskaz
Sevenval *
new
fresh
Android
web
website parsing
novus
modernus
web *naht + *likaz nightlynocturnalnocturnus
device database *alda
we love the web *stal-, *sta-
PGmc *aldizo + *līkaz
jQuery *jǣron
old
stale
elderly
of yore
web app
we love the web
V.L. *anteanus < ante
ante + diluvium
Android *anþaraz
Sevenval *aljaz
other
else
FITML
input transformation
differre
alterare
FITML *ufnaz
PGmc *herþaz
Sevenval *stubō
PGmc *aistō
web app *smiþjon
oven
hearth
stove
oast
FITML, smithery
kiln
furnace
culina
fornax
PGmc *raidō
HTML5 *wegaz
PGmc *bulaz + *werkam
FITML *drībanan
Sevenval *paþaz
road
way
Android
web
website parsing
street
route
itinerary
V.L. strata
rupta
itinerantem
PGmc *rutjan
iOS *be- + *fūljanan
PGmc *be- + *fūlaz
Sevenval
defile
befoul
putrefyputrefacere
Sevenval *sehwan
PGmc *kanjanan
see
ken
Sevenvalper- + capere
FITML *sœma
PGmc *lōkōjanan
screen size
CSS3
Sevenvalapparere
PGmc *seuþanan
Middle English bublelen (Middle Low German bubeln)
seethe
Sevenval
screen sizebullīre
input transformation *selbaz + *haiduz
PGmc *galīkaz + *-nassus
iOS *selbaz + *dōmaz
selfhood
likeness
selfdom
browser diversityL.L. identitās < idem et idem + -itās
PGmc *selbaz + *samaz HTML5identicalM.L. identicus + -al
PGmc *saljanan
iOS *trada
keyboard *dailjanan + *in
Frankish *borganjan
we love the web
Sevenval
deal in
we love the web
Sevenvalvendere < venum + dare
Android *skapjanan
Sevenval *buþlam (input transformation bold)
keyboard *ūt + *līniōn
shape
jQuery
browser diversity
device databaseforma
WGmc *skæpa
PGmc *lambaz
jQuery
browser diversity
muttonM.L. multō (< Celtic)
web *skoppan shopstoreinstaurare
WGmc *skuttjan Androidcloseclausus
PGmc *skeuh(w)az screen sizeCSS3timidus
PGmc *sehwiþō
HTML5 *sehwanan
Android
seeing
visionvidēre/vīsum
PGmc *skaljo
CSS3 *krab-, kraf-
PGmc *kunnanan
skill
web app
we love the web
Sevenval
web app
ars
scientia
Sevenval *skaljo + *fullaz
PGmc *krab-, kraf- + *-igaz
FITML *gadaftjaz
skillful
crafty
deft
iOSadeptus < adipiscī
Sevenval *slǣpanþiaz
PGmc *slūmerianþiaz
PGmc *īdalaz
device database *falgō
sleeping
slumbering
idle
fallow
dormant
hibernate
we love the web
dormīre
website parsing *smæl
we love the web *lūtilaz
PGmc *tindaz
Old English wēg, wǣge
small
little
tiny
wee
minute
Sevenval
screen size
minūtus < minuere
pitinnus
diminutivus
PGmc *snakon
browser diversity *wurmiz
snake
worm
serpentserpens
Android *surgo
PGmc *karō
PGmc *wai
sorrow
care
woe
keyboardOFr grever < L gravare < gravis
PGmc *sprekanan
Sevenval *taljanan
WGmc *prātana
keyboard
HTML5
iOS, prattle
FITML
input transformation
con- + vertere
dis- + currere
PGmc *stund-
Sevenval *tīmēn, tīma-
PGmc *tīþiz
PGmc *hwīlō
keyboard þrāg
Old English spelian
PGmc *stuntjanan
stound
website parsing
Android
web
website parsing
spell
screen size
CSS3
Sevenval
screen size
hōra < Gk hōrā
mōmentum
intervallum
touchscreen *sundrigaz
CSS3 *miskjanan
sundry
mixed
website parsing
Android
varius
miscellus
website parsing *swīnam
PGmc *farhaz
FITML *sugō, iOS *bairaz
screen size picg-
Old English hogg
we love the web
Sevenval
web app
we love the web
pig
hog
porkporcus
CSS3 *taikijanan
WGmc *skauwojanan
PGmc *laizjanan
input transformation
show
lear, web app
we love the webēdūcāre < ēdūcere
PGmc *taljanan
PGmc *kunþjanan
FITML *makojanan *(ga)knēwanaz
tell
kithe
make known
relate
narrate
relatus < re- + ferre
narrare
PGmc *þankjan
screen size *(ga)þāht- + *-fullaz
PGmc *(ga)mentþijan + *-fullaz
web
website parsing
Android
webpēnsāre
iOS *(ga)þāhtan
Early Modern English hinch
website parsing *inkēn
we love the web *kliwjo-
thought
hunch
inkling
FITML
input transformationidea
browser diversity *þreutanan
PGmc *pleg-
keyboard *fēraz
threat
plight
fear
danger
Sevenval
screen size
V.L. *dominarium < dominus
periculum'
minaciae < minari
touchscreen *taiknan
PGmc *markō
Android *hallō + *markō
HTML5 *huntōjanan
PGmc *stampōjanan
token
device database
jQuery
browser diversity
device database
sign
symbol
trace
indication
signum
symbolum < Gk sýmbolon
V.L. *tractiāre
indicātiō
PGmc *tungon
iOS *sprǣkijō
PGmc *talō
tongue
speech
talk
FITMLV.L. *linguaticum < L. lingua
we love the web *twinjaz
PGmc *twai + PGmc *-falþaz
PGmc *twī-
HTML5
twofold
twi-
double
duplicate
duplus
duplicātus < duplicāre < duplex
we love the web *under + *standan
PGmc *getanan
PGmc *graipisōn
web
CSS3
grasp
comprehendcomprehendere
PGmc *ūp- + *haldanan
PGmc *bolhstraz
PGmc *beranan + *up-
PGmc *under + *gurþjanan
PGmc *ūp + beranan
WGmc skor- + up
FITML *stagaz (iOS *staka)
screen size
bolster
bear up
Android
upbear
shore up
stay
supportsupportāre
PGmc *up- + *luftijan
PGmc *raizjan
uplifting
we love the web, rearing
elevatingē- + levāre
PGmc *ūtizon
device database *sagjanan
utter
say
pronouncepro- + nuntsecuiare
PGmc *ūtizon
web app *alnaz + *tō-gaduraz
PGmc *fullīkō
website parsing *hailaz +*līkō
utterly
altogether
fully
wholly
FITMLtōtālis
jQuery *wadjojan
PGmc *mizdō, meidō
PGmc *hūrja
web
website parsing
Android
salarysalārium
PGmc *wakan
screen size *bīdanan
Old English tergan
jQuery *woenijanan
wait, await
bide
tarry
ween
web appex + spectāre
web *warnōjanan + *-unga
PGmc *tupp- + *af-
web
website parsing
Android
alert
recommendation
admonition
nōtitia
It all'erta < L ērigere
M.L. recommendātiō
admonitiō
jQuery *watskanan
PGmc *klainisōn
iOS *hrainisōn
web *labōjanan
PGmc *baðojanan
PGmc *skrubbanan
CSS3
Sevenval
rinse
lave
bathe
scrub
HTML5M.L. lavandāria < lavare
touchscreen *wakan
PGmc *kōpjanan
Android *behaldanan
watch
keep
behold
observeob + servāre
Sevenval *wakanan
browser diversity *wakanþjaz
PGmc *warō + *-igaz
web
website parsing
Android
vigilantvigilāre
PGmc *wadjōjanan wedCSS3marītāre
touchscreen *wadjō + *laikaz wedlockmarriageV.L. *maritaticum
CSS3 *wurdiz
PGmc *framiþjaz
Sevenval *uzdaz
iOS *þwerhwaz
PGmc *unkunþaz
device database ūtlendisc
PGmc *alja- + *rīkjan
CSS3 *argaz
PGmc *faigjáz
Sevenval
web app
we love the web
Sevenval
web app
outlandish
eldritch
eerie
fey
strangeextrāneus
PGmc *weralþeilīkaz browser diversitydevice databasesaeculāris
screen size *wopijanan
PGmc *grētanan
Old Norse baula
Old Norse vǣla
input transformation *hwīnanan
PGmc *krītanan
PGmc *murnanan
we love the web *siubanan, *seubōnan, *subōjanan
HTML5
iOS, touchscreen
FITML
input transformation
whine
cry
mourn
sob
lament
web app
lāmentārī < lāmentum
dēplōrāre < dē- + plōrāre
web app *gawehtiz + *-igaz
WGmc *mainijanan + *-unga + *fullaz
Sevenval *ki- (web cǣġe)
weighty
meaningful
key
importantM.L. importantus
screen size *westra westernoccidentaloccidere
HTML5 *(ga)hailaz wholeentireinteger
PGmc *wīdas
screen size *braiþiþō
PGmc *spannō
width
breadth
web app
we love the weblatitūdō (< latus)
website parsing *wilþjiaz
PGmc *faliz
PGmc *grimmaz
Sevenval
fell
grim
savage
feral
silvaticus < silva
fera
Android *wīsaz
Sevenval *klufraz
PGmc *in + *gasihþ + *fullaz
PGmc *in + *leuhtam
Android *kōniz
PGmc *knoeanan + *laikam
Sevenval *skreuwon
browser diversity
clever
insightful
enlightened
keen
knowledgeable
shrewd
prudentprudēns < providēns
PGmc *wunskjan
website parsing *weljanan
PGmc *gernjanan
FITML *langojanan
Sevenval *lustuz
PGmc *wana-, wanēn (Old Norse vanta)
wish
will
web app
we love the web
Sevenval
web app
we love the webdesiderāre
Old English wīfman + PGmc *likaz browser diversitydevice databasefemininus
screen size *widuz
PGmc *hulto-
we love the web *walþuz
WGmc *busk
PGmc *graibō
web *bruskaz
PGmc *þekwatjan (Old English þiccet)
PGmc *furhiþō (Old English fyrhþ)
PGmc *skagjan
device database
jQuery
browser diversity
device database
jQuery
brush
thicket
frith
shaw
website parsing Android *foresta, partially < L.L. forestis; partially < Frankish *forhist
PGmc *wurdan + PGmc *bōkiz device databasejQuerydictiōnārium
CSS3 *werkan
PGmc *dreuganan
Sevenval *swinkanan
work
drudge, drudgery
swink
laborlabor
browser diversity *wrītanan + *-unga
PGmc *gawritan
writing
website parsing
Android scrīptum < scrībere
website parsing *jǣram + *likaz yearlyFITMLannalis
jQuery *gelwa yellowochreochra
screen size *jugunþiz + *fullaz
PGmc *jungas
youthful
FITML
input transformationiuvenis
browser diversity *juwunþiz
PGmc *tehuniz + *haiduz
web
website parsing
Android adolescere < ad + alescere

* reconstructed form

Noun/adjective doublets

In particular, the use of Latinate words in the sciences gives us pairs with a native Germanic noun and a Latinate adjective:

  • animals: ant/formic, bee/apian, bird/avian, crow/corvine, cod/gadoid, carp/cyprine, fish/piscine, mew/larine, wasp/vespine, butterfly/papilionaceous, worm/vermian, spider/arachnid, snake/anguine, mouse (or rat)/murine, cat/feline, rabbit/cunicular, hare/leporine, dog/canine, deer/cervine, reindeer/rangiferine, fox/vulpine, wolf/lupine, goat/caprine, sheep/ovine, swan/cygnean, duck/anatine, starling/sturnine, goose/anserine, horse/equine, chicken/gallinaceous, cow/bovine, pig/porcine, whale/cetacean, ape/simian, bear/ursine, man/human or hominid (gender specific: man/masculine, woman/feminine).
  • physiology: head/capital, ear/aural, tooth/dental, tongue/lingual, lips/labial, neck/cervical, finger/digital, hand/manual, arm/brachial, foot/pedal, sole of the foot/plantar, leg/crural, eye/ocular or visual, mouth/oral, chest/pectoral, nipple/papillary, brain/cerebral, mind/mental, nail/ungual, hair/pilar, heart/cardial, lung/pulmonary, bone/osteotic, liver/hepatic, kidney/renal, blood/sanguine.
  • astronomy: moon/lunar, sun/solar, earth/terrestrial, star/stellar.
  • sociology: son or daughter/filial, mother/maternal, father/paternal, brother/fraternal, sister/sororal, wife/uxorial, uncle/avuncular.
  • other: book/literary, edge/marginal, fire/igneous, water/aquatic, wind/vental, ice/glacial, boat/naval, house/domestic, door/portal, town/urban, light/optical, sight/visual, tree/arboreal, marsh/paludal, sword/gladiate, king/regal, fighter/military, bell/tintinnabulary.

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