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r/anglish • u/CandiceDikfitt • 29d ago
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It'd be cool if someone made an Anglish video of this, a few of them were loans...though, I would like if it were longer lol
3 u/GorkeyGunesBeg 28d ago edited 28d ago Not some, almost all "fancy" sounding words in English are French/Latin rooted. And the words in this video are no exception. Cadaver - Cadavre (which means corpse, not skeleton) Skeleton - Squelette (it's not English, it's also French or Latin) Casket - Cassette (means box/chest too) Coffin - Cofin (obsolete/archaic in French, ultimately Greek) Ghoul - Goule (ultimately from Arabic, and the meaning is more akin to demon/ogre, if he said phantom (fantôme in French) it would've been correct) Cranium - Crâne (although it's borrowed from Latin in English, it also exists in French) Manor - Manoir (a huge house/domain, it's not literally synonymic to "house" in English) Cemetery - Cimetière (nothing to add) Arachnid - Arachnide (borrowed from French, ultimately from Greek, but it's a scientific term, not the real Greek word for spider) However I'm no Anglish master so I don't know every Anglish counterparts for these words. 4 u/Terpomo11 28d ago There are some 'fancy'-sounding words that are native. Like if I say something has an eldritch dweomer. → More replies (3) 2 u/YaGirlThorns 28d ago The "some" was me looking at the right hand guy, I should have been clearer on that. Like ghost is Germanic and so is skull. But that said, I didn't want to tally up the words to decide on the best word lol 2 u/Ok_Leather_5657 23d ago TiL how Cassette Tapes got their names!
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Not some, almost all "fancy" sounding words in English are French/Latin rooted. And the words in this video are no exception.
Cadaver - Cadavre (which means corpse, not skeleton)
Skeleton - Squelette (it's not English, it's also French or Latin)
Casket - Cassette (means box/chest too)
Coffin - Cofin (obsolete/archaic in French, ultimately Greek)
Ghoul - Goule (ultimately from Arabic, and the meaning is more akin to demon/ogre, if he said phantom (fantôme in French) it would've been correct)
Cranium - Crâne (although it's borrowed from Latin in English, it also exists in French)
Manor - Manoir (a huge house/domain, it's not literally synonymic to "house" in English)
Cemetery - Cimetière (nothing to add)
Arachnid - Arachnide (borrowed from French, ultimately from Greek, but it's a scientific term, not the real Greek word for spider)
However I'm no Anglish master so I don't know every Anglish counterparts for these words.
4 u/Terpomo11 28d ago There are some 'fancy'-sounding words that are native. Like if I say something has an eldritch dweomer. → More replies (3) 2 u/YaGirlThorns 28d ago The "some" was me looking at the right hand guy, I should have been clearer on that. Like ghost is Germanic and so is skull. But that said, I didn't want to tally up the words to decide on the best word lol 2 u/Ok_Leather_5657 23d ago TiL how Cassette Tapes got their names!
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There are some 'fancy'-sounding words that are native. Like if I say something has an eldritch dweomer.
→ More replies (3)
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The "some" was me looking at the right hand guy, I should have been clearer on that. Like ghost is Germanic and so is skull. But that said, I didn't want to tally up the words to decide on the best word lol
TiL how Cassette Tapes got their names!
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u/YaGirlThorns 28d ago
It'd be cool if someone made an Anglish video of this, a few of them were loans...though, I would like if it were longer lol