English and Serbian share a surprisingly large number of cognates — words that look and sound similar because they share a common origin. Both languages drew heavily from Greek and Latin, which is why so much academic, scientific, and cultural vocabulary is immediately recognizable across both. More recently, Serbian has absorbed many modern English words for technology, food, and pop culture, often with only minor spelling or pronunciation adjustments. Once you learn the common patterns for how suffixes change between the two languages, you can make educated guesses at thousands of Serbian words. This article lists common cognates and the suffix rules that connect them.

List of English and Serbian cognates

Rules of thumb for suffix conversion