Garb, garbage, gear, yare
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Leak, Lake, Lagoon, Loch, Lough
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Hemp, cannabis, and canvas
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Sorrow and Sorry are unrelated
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Grit, grout, great, gross, grand, and chrome
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Four etymology graphics about 4 unrelated groups of Celtic "gal" demonyms
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British and Irish names for British and Irish nations
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Tooth, dental, and orthodontic
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Six Images showing how English numbers relate to mumbers in other languages
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How words for "dear" in Celtic and Romance relate to words for "prostitute" in Germanic and Slavic
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Garden and Yard
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The Four-Horned Antelope (Chousingha)
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Norman French Doublets in English: ‘w’ vs ‘gu’
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Etymology
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Indo-European words for name
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Abhorsen Family Tree (spoilers for the whole series)
The Clayr Saw a subreddit, and so I was. For fans of the fantasy series by Garth Nix.
Water, hydro-, whiskey, and vodka
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Wheel, cycle, and chakra
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How chai and tea are related
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Languages in which cats named themselves
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Shirt, skirt, short, curt, and many others
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"Gun" is short for "Gunilda"
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The Etymology of English colours
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"Calque" is a loanword, "loanword" is a
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Host and Guest are cognates
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