One particularity of French is that many 'c' sounds changed into 'ch' (pronounced 'sh'). I have made a list of most of the words I could think of derived from Latin that underwent that mutation. Many of them were inherited by English (chain, chamber, change, chapel, charge, chaste), but a few kept the origin 'c' in English (camel, cat, castle) probably because they hadn't mutated yet by the time of the Norman conquest.
Words with a different etymology are in grey.
Words with a different etymology are in grey.
Français | Latina | Italiano | Español | Català | Português | Romana |
chaîne | catena | catena | cadena | cadena | cadeia | lanț |
chambre | camera | camera | cámara | càmera | câmara | cameră |
chameau | camelum | cammello | camello | camell | camelo | cămilă |
changer | cambiare | cambiare | cambiar | canviar | mudar | schimbare |
chanter | cantāre | cantare | cantar | cantar | cantar | cântare |
chantier | cantherius | cantiere | cantiere | canteiro | șantier | |
chapeau | cappellum | cappello | gorro | gorro | chapéu | pălărie |
chapel | cappella | capella | capela | capella | capela | capelă |
charge | carricō | carico | cargo | càrrec | carga | încărca |
chaste | castus | casto | casto | casto | casto | castă |
chat | cattus | gatto | gato | gat | gato | pisică |
châtaigne | castanĕa | castagna | castaña | castanya | castanha | castană |
château | castrum | castello | castillo | castell | castelo | castel |
châtier | castigo | castigare | castigar | castigar | castigar | pedepsi |
chaud | calidum | caldo | caliente | calent | quente | cald |
chaussée | calceata | carreggiata | calzada | calçada | calçudo | carosabil |
chemin | cammīnus | camino | camino | camí | caminho | cale |
chemise | camisia | camisa | camisa | camisa | camisa | cămașă |
cher/chéri | carus | caro | caro/querido | car | caro/querido | dragă |
cheval | cavallus | cavallo | caballo | cavall | cavalo | cal |
cheveu | capillus | capelli | cabello | cabell | cabelo | păr |
chèvre | caprae | capra | cabra | cabra | cabra | capră |
chien | canis | cane | perro | gos | cão | câine |
choir | cadere | cadere | caer | caure | cair | cădere |
chose | causa | cosa | cosa | cosa | coisa | chestie |