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Does anyone know if there's ever been compiled a list of words that are identical in Latin and English? Y'know, focus, aviator, fulcrum, etc, etc
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Originally Posted By: beau
identical in Latin and English? Y'know, focus, aviator, fulcrum, etc, etc


Aviator is not a Latin word at all - the Romans had no airplanes thus no airplane pilots. The word is first recorded in 1887.

And what counts as identical? In Latin, focus is a hearth/fireplace and fulcrum is the post/foot of a couch.


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