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acre
a measure of land; field Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English acre
The old g became k in Germanic. Latin and Greek kept the g. In all of them the word means a field.
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alder
tree of wet ground, of the birch family Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English alder
English added a d (older aller, now alder). German has an r (Erle) and Dutch says els; Latin alnus kept the n.
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arm
upper limb, from shoulder to hand Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English arm
Almost nothing changed. Latin armus meant the shoulder, and Greek harmos a joint.
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axle
rod on which a wheel turns Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English axle
Latin and Greek kept the old ks, written x. Germanic turned the k into an h sound (German Achse, spelled chs); English writes it x.
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