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Cognates
False Cognates
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In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language.[1] Because language change can have radical effects on both the sound and the meaning of a word, cognates may not be obvious, and often it takes rigorous study of historical sources and the application of the comparative method to establish whether lexemes are cognate. Cognates are distinguished from loanwords, where a word has been borrowed from another language.
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Notes:hmmph...I've been trying to imagine the oldest part of words...seems all words, even single syllable words, at one time were compounds, blends...oh, maybe not all, but a lot...like language evolution tends to keep abbreviating, this probably with words that are used a lot...usealot...uselot...useot... oh, a curio!...the e became silent, sorta...maybe that's how silent letters happen!...anyway, then there's false cognates, two lookalike words that have different meaning...two sound alike words with different meanings are false cognates too, and have another name...brb (be right back)...homophones!...eureka!...for tomorrowmorrow, homophones and puns...to too two much and such!!!
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