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Given that the French ruled England for many years, there are tons of identical words.
Too many to answer here.
Many English words exist in 2 forms, frequently with a Saxon or other origin for the common usage, and a French origin, identical or similar, for a more "savant" form. Like "ask" and "demand", "answer" and "response", etc.
The best solution would be to get hold of some free dictionaries in text format, and write a script that checks the presence of each English word in the French dictionary or vice versa.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoEnglish has Latin and German foundations
French has Latin origins.
Some latin locutions still exists in both languages.
a contrario, maximum, ab nihilo, ad libidum ....
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∙ 10y agoEnglish French Greek
three trois treis
seven sept hepta
mother mere meter
night nuit nuktos
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