One source word opens a whole family of languages: a Chinese compound read in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese; a Latin noun across the Romance languages; a Semitic root shared by Arabic, Hebrew and Maltese. Turn the key for a card from any family, or pick a family.
The key on each card is the word every language in the family inherited or borrowed: a Chinese compound, a Latin noun, a Proto-Germanic root.
Each language reshaped the word in its own way. Learn how one language changed it and you can often guess the rest.
Everyday words for school, work, travel, health and more, each checked by hand.
Hear each word spoken, then practice saying it. Sign in and the page remembers which cards you have turned.