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Talk:is Nov 29th 2012, 02:05 ‎Etymology surprises me: ← Older revision Revision as of 02:05, 29 November 2012 Line 12: Line 12:       I'm surprised that ''is'' does not derive from the Latin ''[[esse#Latin|esse]]'' or, more closely, the Spanish ''[[es#Spanish|es]]''. Is it a cognate? [[Special:Contributions/68.173.113.106|68.173.113.106]] 01:48, 29 November 2012 (UTC)   I'm surprised that ''is'' does not derive from the Latin ''[[esse#Latin|esse]]'' or, more closely, the Spanish ''[[es#Spanish|es]]''. Is it a cognate? [[Special:Contributions/68.173.113.106|68.173.113.106]] 01:48, 29 November 2012 (UTC)   +   + :Right, English is a Germanic language, and the common verb forms such as [[is]] are Germanic. It is cognate with Spanish {{l|es|es}}, French {{l|fr|est}}, Russian {{l|ru|есть}}, Greek {{l|el|ἐστί}}, Albanian {{l|sq|është}}, Persian {{l|fa|است|tr=æst}}. [[User:Stephen G. Brown|—Stephen]] <sup>([[User talk:Stephen G. Brown|Talk]])</sup> 02:05, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

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