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1 ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY Week 14

2 COGNATES Cognatus, -i, blood relative Cognate vs Agnate? English - father, German Vater, Latin pater… “The Italian word "mangiare" (= to eat) is cognate with the French "manger"

3 COGNATES Serbian vs English?
noć, night, nuit, Nacht... (Indo-European) star, aster, astro, Stern... milk, Milch, mleko, молоко... (Indo-European) False cognates, false relatives? English Much vs Spanish Mucho False friends VS false cognates?

4 CALQUES Loan translation? it goes without saying (French)
Devil’s advocate (Latin) Loanword (German) Adam’s apple (French) Masterpiece (German)


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