False Cognate
False cognates are pairs of words in the same or different languages that are similar in form and meaning but have different roots. That is, they appear to be, or are sometimes considered, cognates, when in fact they are not.
Even if false cognates lack a common root, there may still be an indirect connection between them, and they can still be helpful in learning another language.
Read more about False Cognate: Phenomenon, Examples, "Mama and Papa" Type
Famous quotes containing the words false and/or cognate:
“It is better to be true to what you believe, though that be wrong, than to be false to what you believe, even if that belief is correct.”
—Anna Howard Shaw (1847–1919)
“Or of the garden where we first mislaid
Simplicity of wish and will, forgetting
Out of what cognate splendor all things came
To take their scattering names;”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)