@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 6 months agoWhat is your favourite fact?message-square107fedilinkarrow-up175
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•6 months agoMy favourite false cognate is the plural ending -s in French and English. The English one has Germanic roots, while the French one come from Latin accusative plural -as/-os. They are unrelated etymologically.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•6 months agoAfter looking it up I have to correct myself, the Germanic plural - s also come from the accusative plural
My favourite false cognate is the plural ending -s in French and English. The English one has Germanic roots, while the French one come from Latin accusative plural -as/-os. They are unrelated etymologically.
After looking it up I have to correct myself, the Germanic plural - s also come from the accusative plural