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Etymological doublets 
Sometimes a word is borrowed twice from the same language. As the result, 
we have two different words with different spellings and meanings but historically 
they come back to one and the same word. Such words are called etymological 
doublets. In English there are some groups of them: 
Latino-French doublets. 
Latin
English from Latin English from French 
uncia inch
ounce 
moneta mint
money 
camera camera
chamber 

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Franco-French doublets. Doublets borrowed from different dialects of French. 
Norman Paris 
canal channel 
captain chieftain 
catch chaise 
Scandinavian-English doublets 
Scandinavian English 
skirt shirt 
scabby shabby 
There are also etymological doublets which were borrowed from the same 
language during different historical periods, such as French doublets: gentil - 
любезный, благородный, etymological doublets are: gentle - мягкий, вежливый 
and genteel - благородный. From the French word gallant etymological doublets are 
: ‘gallant - храбрый and ga’llant - галантный, внимательный. 
Sometimes etymological doublets are the result of borrowing different 
grammatical forms of the same word, e.g. the Comparative degree of Latin «super» 
was «superior» which was borrowed into English with the meaning «high in some 
quality or rank». The Superlative degree (Latin «supremus»)in English «supreme» 
with the meaning «outstanding», «prominent». So «superior» and «supreme» are 
etymological doublets. 
LECTURE 7. ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY 
 
The key questions 
1. What does lexicography study?
2. When was the first English dictionary published?
3. When did other dictionaries appear?
4. What types of dictionaries do you know?
5. What do the general dictionaries present?
6. What do the translation dictionaries contain?