<p>During the first year of Russian we teach that English word "magazine" and Russian word "ìàãàçèí" are false cognates. The main definition of the word "magazine" is "journal" and Russian "ìàãàçèí" means "store". But has this always been the case?</p>

<p>In actuality, both words come from M.Fr. magasin "warehouse, depot, store," from It. magazzino, from Arabic makhazin, pl. of makhzan "storehouse," from khazana "to store up." In 1580s English "magazine" meant a "place for storing goods, especially military ammunition". The word acquired its main nowaday meaning as "periodical, journal" in 1731 after the publication of the first one "Gentleman's Magazine", a "storehouse" of information.</p>