Use obvious words that are cognates – words that sound similar to your shared language.
使用明显的同源词——听起来与你们共同语言相似的词。
Crash Course 天文篇
In fact, that's where the word “month” comes from; “month” and “Moon” are cognates, words that have similar etymological histories, and in most languages, including English, the two words are very similar.