Etymological doublets
The words shirt and skirt etymologically descend from the same root. Shirt is a native word, and skirt is a scandinavian borrowing. Their phonemic shape is different, and yet there is a certain resemblance which reflects their common origin. Their meanings are also different but easily associated: both denote articles of clothing.
Such words as these two originating from the same etymological source, but differing in phonemic shape and in meaning are called etymological doublets.
Etymological triplets (i.e. groups of three words of common root) occur rarer: hospital (Lat) – hostel (Norm. Fr.) – hotel (Par. Fr.), to capture (Lat.) – to catch (Norm. Fr.) – to chase.(Par. Fr.).
A doublet may also consist of a shortened word and the one from which it was derived: history – story, fantasy – fancy, fanatic – fan.
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