Thanks Hank Green.

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    6 days ago

    My favourite false cognate is the plural ending -s in French and English. The English one has Germanic roots, while the French one come from Latin accusative plural -as/-os. They are unrelated etymologically.

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      After looking it up I have to correct myself, the Germanic plural - s also come from the accusative plural