Many French and English words are related, though often not synonyms or "faux amis".
Are there some good lists of such cognates or some database/tool/website that makes it easy to track them down, preferably with some etymological context?
(Especially those that are not "faux amis" or "vrais amis").
Examples:
(f) Bonjour, jour, journal - (e) journey, journal.
(f) Cheval - (e) Cavalry
This PDF is quite nice : http://blogimages.bloggen.be/ivemontpellier3/attach/166241.pdf
The first 2 columns are the English word and its actual translation in French, while the 2 last columns are the "immediate translation" a French would do and the actual meaning in English.
For instance, to arrive means to reach a destination, while a French would think it means arriver (i.e. to happen).
To resolve disambiguation I personally use linguee.com/.fr website.
It's not a translation website nether a dictionary, it's a translation memory based on other website translations. So there is no etymological or other grammatical information, but its aim is to provide a dozen of relatively reliable example to allow you to understand in which context your sentence can be used.
