Related, in English, words of latin origin are often perceived as more pretentious sounding than their Germanic equivalents. It's not true for all cases but the

Related, in English, words of latin origin are often perceived as more pretentious sounding than their Germanic equivalents. It's not true for all cases but there are lots of obvious examples in this list: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_and_Latinate_equivalents_in_English https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_and_Latinat...