This has resulted in the doubles for which the English is famous: a native Teutonic noun coupled with a Latinate adjective, for instance: eye and visual/ocular, arachnidian and spider. From Wordnik.com. [French/english Translation: the Unusual History of the English Language « Articles « Literacy News] Reference
In their veins runs the ichor -- arachnidian though it be -- that came over in the Mayflower; yes, doubly honored, came over in the special stateroom of an Ainsworth's Psalm-Book or a Genevan. From Wordnik.com. [Customs and Fashions in Old New England] Reference
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