Some Similarities Between Farsi, English and Spanish
  • elucid
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    Behtar (Farsi), Better (English)
    Madar (Farsi), Mother (English)
    Padar (Farsi), Padre (English)
    Bradar (Farsi), Brother (English)
    Pura (Farsi), Pure (English), Puro (Spanish)
    Nam (Farsi), Name (English)
    Numera (Farsi), Number (English)
    Do (Farsi), Duo (English)
    Tu (Farsi), Tu (Spanish)
    Aleph, Bey, Say (Farsi) A, B, C (English)
    Salata (Farsi), Salad (English)
    Mosiqi (Farsi), Music (English)
    Nay(Farsi), No (English), No (Spanish)
    Ma (Farsi), Me (English)
    Sitara (Farsi), Star (English)
    Loll (Farsi), Roll (English)
    Paisa (Farsi), Peso (Spanish)
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  • Jamal
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    Cool. It's almost as if the languages are related or something :wink:

    There are some tables of cognates across various Indo-European languages here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_vocabulary
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  • Nils Loc
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    Keep going.

    :party:
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  • elucid
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    ↪jamalrob


    Thanks for the link.

    ↪Nils Loc


    I will list more once I come across them.
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  • Sir2u
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    https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=Better

    This is the place to go to when you want to know about a word and where it came from.

    English is the bastard language of the world. It has adopted words from almost everywhere from Germanic to origins to the roman and Saxon conquests and on through the enlightenment right up until today. Many words came into English through the French and Italian that got their language from the Etruscan as well the Greeks as Europe awoke during the renaissance and started reading the ancient works again.
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  • elucid
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    ↪Sir2u


    Thanks.
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  • Sir2u
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    ↪elucid
    The Secret Life of Words: English Words and Their Origins

    Professor Anne Curzan

    The Great Courses

    If you cannot find it let me know in a PM and I will try to get you the files. It is good to read or listen to if you have the audio.
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  • elucid
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    ↪Sir2u


    Thanks, it was very easy to find.
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