List of English Latinates of Germanic origin

Many words in the English lexicon are made up of Latinate words; that is, words which have entered the English language from a Romance language (usually Anglo-Norman), or were borrowed directly from Latin. Quite a few of these words can further trace their origins back to a Germanic source (usually Frankish ), making them cognate with many native English words from Old English, yielding etymological twins. Many of these are Franco-German words, or French words of Germanic origin.

Below is a list of Germanic words, names and affixes which have come into English via Latin or a Romance language.

A

 * -ard
 * aband
 * abandominium
 * abandon
 * abandonee
 * abandum
 * abannation
 * abannition
 * abate (disputed)
 * abet
 * abettal
 * abettor
 * abut
 * abutment
 * affray
 * afraid
 * al fresco
 * Alan
 * Albert
 * Alemanni
 * Alice
 * Aline
 * Alison
 * allegiance
 * Allen
 * allodial
 * allodium
 * allot
 * allotment
 * allure
 * Alphonso
 * Alsace
 * ambassador
 * ambuscade
 * ambush
 * Amelia
 * amuse
 * amusement
 * Anglicize (also Anglicise)
 * Anglo
 * Anglo-Saxon
 * Anglophile
 * Anglophone
 * Archibald
 * arrange
 * arrangement
 * array
 * attach
 * attachment
 * attaché
 * attack
 * attire
 * auberge
 * Audrey
 * avant-garde
 * avant-gardism
 * award

B

 * babillard
 * baboon
 * bacon
 * badge
 * baggage
 * balcony
 * baldric
 * Baldwin
 * bale
 * ballon
 * balloon
 * ballot
 * ballottement
 * banal
 * banality
 * band "flat strip"
 * band "group"
 * bandage
 * bandeau
 * bandit
 * bandolier
 * bandy
 * banish
 * bank "financial institution"
 * bankrupt
 * bankruptcy
 * bannimus
 * banlieue
 * banner
 * banquet
 * banquette
 * bargain
 * baron
 * baroness
 * baronet
 * barrel
 * barren
 * bastard
 * bastardize
 * baste
 * bastide
 * Bastille
 * bastion
 * bateau (also batteau)
 * batter (disputed)
 * battery (disputed)
 * battle (disputed)
 * bawd
 * bawdy
 * beaker
 * beggar
 * beignet
 * belfry
 * berm
 * Bertha
 * Bianca
 * bichon
 * bigot
 * bigotry
 * bison
 * bivouac
 * blanch
 * Blanche
 * blancmange
 * blank
 * blanket
 * blasé (also blase)
 * blazon
 * blemish
 * bleu
 * bliaut
 * blister
 * bloc
 * block
 * blockade
 * blond
 * blonde
 * blouse
 * bludgeon
 * blue
 * boast
 * bobbin
 * bocce
 * bondage
 * bonnet
 * boot
 * booty
 * bordello
 * border
 * boss "button, bump"
 * botany
 * boudoir
 * bouffant
 * boulevard
 * boulevardier
 * bouquet
 * bourgeois (also burgeois)
 * bourgeoise
 * bourgeoisie
 * boutonniere
 * brach
 * brachet
 * bracket
 * braggart
 * braise
 * brandish
 * brawn
 * braze
 * brazier
 * bream
 * breccia
 * bric-a-brac
 * brick
 * bridoon
 * brioche
 * briquette
 * brisk
 * brisket
 * broil "to cook"
 * broil "to quarrel"
 * broker
 * brose
 * browse
 * brulee
 * brunet
 * brunette
 * Bruno
 * brush "dust sweeper; hairbrush"
 * brush "shrubbery, underbrush"
 * brusque
 * Brussels
 * bucket
 * buffer
 * buffet "to strike"
 * buffet "table"
 * buffoon
 * buoy
 * buoyance
 * buoyancy
 * buoyant
 * burette
 * burgeon
 * burgess
 * burglar
 * burglarize (also burglarise)
 * burglary
 * Burgundy
 * burin
 * burnish
 * busk
 * butcher
 * butt (of a joke)
 * butt "to hit with the head"
 * butte
 * button
 * buttress

C

 * cahoot (also cahoots)
 * Camembert
 * camerlengo
 * camouflage
 * can-can
 * canard
 * cantankerous
 * Carlos
 * Carolina
 * caroline
 * Carolingian
 * carouse
 * carousal
 * carp (fish)
 * carte blanche
 * Casablanca
 * casserole
 * Catalan
 * chagrin
 * chamberlain
 * chamois
 * charabanc
 * Charlemagne
 * Charles
 * charlotte
 * chemise
 * cheval de frise
 * chic
 * chicane
 * chicanery
 * chiffon
 * chiffonade
 * chiffonier
 * choice
 * claque
 * cliche (also cliché)
 * clique
 * cloak
 * cloche
 * Clovis
 * coach
 * coat
 * cockade
 * cockaigne
 * cocotte
 * coif
 * coiffeur
 * coiffure
 * cologne
 * combat (disputed)
 * condom
 * Conrad
 * contraband
 * contraption
 * coquette
 * corvette
 * coterie
 * cotillion
 * cottage
 * cramp
 * cranny
 * crap
 * cratch "creche"
 * cravat
 * crawfish
 * crayfish
 * creche
 * creek
 * cricket
 * crochet
 * croquet
 * croquette
 * crotch
 * crouch
 * croup
 * crow (crowbar)
 * crowbar
 * cruet
 * crush
 * cry
 * cuff

D

 * dance
 * dart
 * debate (disputed)
 * debauch
 * debauchery
 * deboshed
 * debris
 * debut
 * debutante
 * decry
 * deforestation
 * defray
 * delay
 * demarcation
 * derange
 * detach
 * develop
 * development
 * disarray
 * disband
 * disease
 * disenfranchise
 * disengage
 * disguise
 * dislodge
 * dismay
 * drab
 * drape
 * drapery
 * droll
 * drug
 * dune
 * dungeon

E

 * ease
 * easy
 * eclat (also éclat)
 * egret
 * elope
 * embassy
 * emblazon
 * emblement
 * emboss
 * embrasure
 * embroider
 * embroil
 * enamel
 * encroach
 * enfranchise
 * engage
 * engagement
 * engrave
 * engross
 * enhance
 * enrich
 * entrap
 * envelop
 * envelope
 * equerry
 * equip
 * equipment
 * Ermentrude
 * ermine
 * escarpment
 * eschew
 * escrow
 * espionage
 * -esque
 * etiquette

F

 * falcon
 * faubourg
 * Fauve
 * Fauviast
 * fee
 * felon
 * felony
 * Ferdinand
 * feud
 * feudal
 * feuter, fewter
 * fiasco
 * fie
 * filbert
 * filibuster
 * filter
 * flagon
 * flamenco
 * flamingo
 * flan
 * flâneur
 * flange
 * flank
 * flask
 * flatter
 * fletcher
 * flinch
 * flock "tuft of wool"
 * floss
 * flotilla
 * flotsam
 * flounder (fish)
 * forage
 * foray
 * forest
 * forestation
 * forester
 * forestry
 * forcené
 * framboise
 * franc
 * Frances
 * franchise
 * Francis
 * Franciscan
 * Franco-
 * Franglais
 * frank
 * frankincense
 * Franklin
 * franklin
 * frappe
 * fray (feeling of alarm)
 * Frederick
 * fresco
 * frisk
 * frizz
 * frock
 * frounce
 * fry (young fish)
 * fur
 * furbish
 * furnish
 * furniture

G

 * gabardine
 * gable
 * gadget
 * gaffe
 * gaiety
 * gain
 * gainstrive
 * gaiter
 * gala
 * gallant
 * gallantry
 * gallimaufry
 * gallivant
 * gallop
 * garage
 * garb
 * garbage
 * garçon
 * garden
 * gardenia
 * garibaldi
 * garland
 * garment
 * garner
 * garnish
 * garret
 * garrison
 * garrote
 * gasket
 * gauche
 * gaudy
 * gauge
 * Gaul
 * gaunt
 * gauntlet
 * gay
 * Geoffrey
 * Gerald
 * Gerard
 * Gertrude
 * ghetto
 * gibbet
 * gibbon
 * giblets
 * gigolo
 * Gilbert
 * gimlet
 * gleek (game of cards)
 * gnocchi
 * goblin
 * Godfrey
 * gonfalon
 * gopher
 * Goth
 * goth
 * gothic
 * gourmand
 * gourmet
 * grape
 * grapnel
 * grappa
 * grapple
 * grate (verb)
 * greaves
 * grimace
 * grippe
 * Griselda
 * grizzle
 * grocer
 * grocery
 * grommet
 * gross
 * grouch
 * group
 * growl
 * grudge
 * gruel
 * guarantee
 * guard
 * guardian
 * Guelph
 * guerdon
 * Guernsey
 * guerrilla
 * guidance
 * guide
 * guidon
 * guile
 * guimpe
 * guise
 * guy "rope"
 * guy
 * gyrfalcon

H

 * haggard
 * haggis
 * halberd
 * hale "to drag, summon"
 * halt "stop"
 * halyard
 * hamlet
 * hamper "large basket"
 * hanaper
 * hangar
 * harangue
 * harass
 * harassment
 * harbinger
 * hardy
 * harlequin
 * harlot
 * harness
 * harpoon
 * harpsichord
 * harridan
 * hash
 * haste
 * hasty
 * hatch "to mark with lines"
 * hatchet
 * hauberk
 * haughty
 * haul
 * haunch
 * haunt
 * haut cuisine
 * hautboy
 * hauteur
 * Havana
 * havoc
 * hawser
 * heinous
 * helmet
 * Henry
 * herald
 * Herbert
 * heron
 * hideous
 * hobbledehoy
 * hobby
 * hockey
 * hod
 * hodgepodge
 * hoe
 * hollandaise
 * Howard
 * Hubert
 * huge
 * Hugh
 * Huguenot
 * hurt
 * hurtle
 * hut
 * hutch

I

 * infiltrate
 * install
 * installment

J

 * jangle
 * jape
 * jersey
 * jibe
 * jig
 * Jocelin
 * jolly

K

 * kestrel

L

 * label
 * lai
 * Lambert
 * lampoon
 * Lancelot
 * lanyard
 * lattice
 * lawn
 * lay "short song"
 * lease
 * lecher
 * lecherous
 * Leonard
 * Leopold
 * leotard
 * lessee
 * leud
 * Lewis
 * lickerish
 * liege
 * lingua franca
 * list
 * lobby
 * locket
 * lodge
 * loggia
 * logistics
 * loin
 * Lombard
 * loop (metallurgy) "hot bloom"
 * Lorraine
 * lothario
 * lottery
 * lotto
 * Louis
 * loupe
 * louver
 * lowboy
 * luff
 * luge
 * lumber
 * lurch (in games)
 * lure

M

 * mackerel
 * maggot
 * mail "post"
 * maim
 * malinger
 * malkin
 * mangle
 * mannequin
 * maraud
 * marauder
 * march "walk, stride"
 * march "border"
 * Marcomanni
 * margrave
 * marmoset
 * marmot
 * marque
 * marquee
 * marquis
 * marshal
 * marten
 * mascara
 * mask
 * mason
 * masque
 * masquerade
 * massacre
 * Matilda
 * Maud
 * mayhem
 * meringue
 * merlin
 * Merovingian
 * mignon
 * Milicent
 * mince
 * minion
 * mis- (in French words)
 * mitten
 * moat
 * mock
 * mooch
 * morass
 * morel
 * morganatic
 * mortgage
 * motley
 * moue
 * mousse
 * mow "scornful look"
 * muffle
 * murdrum
 * muse
 * mushroom

N

 * nonsense
 * Nordic
 * Norman
 * Normandy
 * nouveau riche

O

 * oboe
 * Oliver
 * ordalian
 * ordalium
 * orgillous
 * orgulous
 * Orlando
 * osier
 * Ostrogoth

P

 * packet
 * pall-mall
 * park
 * parquet
 * patch "clown, fool"
 * patois
 * patrol
 * patten
 * paw
 * pawn "something left as security"
 * perform
 * picaresque
 * piccolo
 * picket
 * picnic
 * pike "weapon"
 * pinch
 * piquant
 * pique
 * pirouette
 * pitcher "jug"
 * placard
 * plaque
 * pledge
 * poach "to push, poke"
 * poach "to cook in liquid"
 * pocket
 * poke "sack"
 * poltroon
 * potpourri
 * pottage
 * pouch
 * pouf
 * pulley

Q

 * quail
 * queasy
 * quiche
 * quiver "case for arrows"

R

 * rabbit
 * raffish
 * raffle
 * raiment
 * ramp
 * rampage
 * rampant
 * ranch
 * random
 * range
 * ranger
 * rank "order, position"
 * rapier
 * rasp
 * raspberry
 * ratchet
 * rave
 * Raymond
 * rearrange
 * rebate (disputed)
 * rebuff
 * rebuke
 * rebut
 * rebuttal
 * refresh
 * refurbish
 * regain
 * regard
 * Reginald
 * regret
 * regroup
 * rehash
 * relay
 * remark
 * replevin
 * retire
 * retouch
 * reverie
 * reward
 * reynard
 * rhyme
 * ribald
 * ribbon
 * Richard
 * riches
 * ricochet
 * riffraff
 * rifle "firearm"
 * rifle "to plunder"
 * rink
 * rinse
 * riot
 * rivet
 * roach "small fish"
 * roan
 * roast
 * rob
 * robe
 * Robert
 * rocket "projectile"
 * Roderick
 * Roger
 * rogue
 * Roland
 * Rolf
 * romp
 * rotisserie
 * rubbish
 * rubble
 * ruffian
 * rummage
 * Russia

S

 * saber
 * sable
 * sabotage
 * sackbut
 * sacre bleu
 * safeguard
 * salon
 * saloon
 * savate
 * Saxon
 * scabbard
 * scaffold
 * scaffolding
 * scale (of a fish or reptile)
 * scallop
 * Scandinavian
 * scaramouche
 * scarf "strip of cloth"
 * scarp
 * scavage
 * scavenge
 * scavenger
 * scherzo
 * scion
 * scorn
 * screen
 * scrimmage
 * scroll
 * scrum
 * scupper
 * scrutinize
 * scrutiny
 * seise
 * seize
 * seizure
 * seneschal
 * sense
 * shock
 * sirloin
 * skate
 * skew
 * skewbald
 * skiff
 * skirmish
 * skive
 * slash
 * slat
 * slate
 * slender
 * slice
 * sloop
 * slot "track, trail"
 * sobriquet
 * soil "to make dirty"
 * soil "a wallow"
 * soke
 * sopaipilla
 * sorrel "reddish brown"
 * sorrel (plant)
 * sound "to fathom, probe"
 * soup
 * souse
 * spate
 * spavin
 * spell
 * spelt (wheat)
 * spool
 * spy
 * staccato
 * stale "lure, decoy"
 * stalemate
 * stall "to delay"
 * stallion
 * stampede
 * standard
 * staple "mainstay"
 * stay "prop, support"
 * stockade
 * stour "conflict"
 * stout
 * strand "string, fiber"
 * strife
 * strive
 * stucco
 * stuff
 * sturgeon
 * sully
 * sup "to dine"
 * supper
 * surcoat
 * Swabian
 * Swiss

T

 * tabard
 * tack
 * taco
 * tampion
 * tampon
 * tan
 * tannin
 * tap
 * target
 * tarnish
 * tass
 * tasse
 * tasset
 * teat
 * tedesco
 * tetchy
 * Teutonic
 * Theobald
 * Theodric
 * Tibert
 * tick "credit"
 * ticket
 * tier
 * till "cashbox"
 * tirade
 * tire "wheel"
 * toccata
 * tocsin
 * touch
 * touché
 * touchy
 * toupee
 * towel
 * track
 * trampoline
 * trap "owndom, personal belongings"
 * trappings
 * treacherous
 * treachery
 * trebuchet
 * triage
 * trial
 * trialist
 * trick
 * tricot
 * trill
 * trip
 * troak
 * troll "to stroll"
 * trolley
 * trollop
 * trombone
 * trompe l'oeil
 * troop
 * trot
 * troupe
 * trump "to deceive, cheat"
 * trump "horn"
 * trumpery
 * trumpet
 * try
 * tryst
 * tuffet
 * tuft
 * tumbrel
 * tunnel
 * turbot

U

 * Ulster
 * unafraid
 * unattached
 * unblemished
 * unbutton
 * underbrush
 * undeveloped
 * undisguised
 * uneasy
 * unflattering
 * unfurnished
 * unguarded
 * unmask
 * untouchable
 * unwarranted

V

 * vadium
 * vagrant
 * vandal
 * vanguard
 * Varangian
 * veneer
 * vermouth
 * Visigoth
 * vogue

W

 * wad
 * wafer
 * wage "payment"
 * wage "bet"
 * wager
 * waif
 * wait
 * waiter
 * waive
 * Waldensian
 * wallet
 * Walloon
 * wallop
 * Walter
 * war
 * warble
 * warden
 * warder
 * wardrobe
 * warmonger
 * warrant "defender"
 * warrant "to keep safe"
 * warranty
 * warren
 * warrior
 * warship
 * waste "to spoil, squander"
 * waste "desolate area"
 * wastrel
 * wayment
 * wicket
 * wile
 * William
 * wince
 * wreck

Z

 * zig-zag