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Cognates

Seven languages, one word bank

Every Italian word here sits next to its English counterpart and is tagged by how the two relate. Cognates share a source — inherited, learned from books, or borrowed (English took thousands from French and Latin); distant cognates share only an Indo-European root (night ~ noche); words that aren't related have to be learned fresh. Open any card for the Latin ancestor, the story, and the word in the other languages.

How words are tagged

Cognate

Same source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.

Distant cognate

Related only through Indo-European, thousands of years back (night ~ noche).

Not related

Different sources — learn this one fresh.

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