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The study of the history of words including their origins and the changes they've undergone through time.
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What's the difference between a "false cognate" and a "false friend"?
There are two terms used for pairs of words (in the same or different languages) that look similar but are actually unrelated: false friend and false cognate. Are these terms synonymous? If not, what' …
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What's the difference between a "false cognate" and a "false friend"?
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True cognates, true friends
Words with a common etymology and modern form and meaning. These are extremely numerous, of course. … Banana in numerous languages
True cognates, false friends
Words with a common etymology but which have shifted to have different meanings. …
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Are the Russian "фрязин" and Thai "ฝรั่ง" (farang) related?
The Wikipedia article that Alex B. linked gives an etymology for the Russian фря́зин /ˈfrʲa.zʲin/. … Southeast Asian languages have numerous borrowings along that route, so this etymology is plausible. …
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