words with funny common etymologies
Sep. 30th, 2005 02:29 pmWhat I'm thinking of are words that seem unintuitive when you look at the Russian root and prefix, but that actually are exactly the same in English (usu. for words with Latin or Greek origin, of course). They occur to me every once in a while as epiphanies, like it should have been obvious, but I had just never thought of it that way. I also unfortunately often forget them, so add some if you know of any good ones. There must be a lot!
подписаться - to subscribe (под-under/sub писать-write/script/scribe)
обстоятельство - circumstance (об-around/circle/circum стоять-stand/stance)
впечатление - impression (в-in/im печать-stamp/type/press)
Okay, so I can't think of any more at the moment, but I'll add them as I remember.
подписаться - to subscribe (под-under/sub писать-write/script/scribe)
обстоятельство - circumstance (об-around/circle/circum стоять-stand/stance)
впечатление - impression (в-in/im печать-stamp/type/press)
Okay, so I can't think of any more at the moment, but I'll add them as I remember.