Where do most of our english words come from?
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Where do most of our english words descend from? According to a study published in Ordered Profusion in 1973, where do most of our english words come from? According to a survey first published in 1975, where do most of our english words come from? According to combined data from multiple surveys, where do most of our english words come from other than French?
Anglo-Saxon Old English
French
French French (langue d'oïl)
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The following are lists of <b>words</b> in the <b>English</b> language that are known as &quot;
loanwords&quot; or &quot;borrowings,&quot; which are <b>derived from</b> other languages. For purely&nbsp;... A significant portion of the <b>English</b> vocabulary <b>comes from</b> Romance and Latinate 
sources. Estimates of native <b>words</b> (<b>derived from</b>&nbsp;... A great number of <b>words</b> of French origin have entered the <b>English</b> language to 
the extent that many Latin <b>words</b> have <b>come</b> to the <b>English</b> language. According&nbsp;... Some loanwords from this period could <b>come from</b> either language. These <b>words</b> 
have been excluded from the list, or indicated as such. From Modern Dutch. In&nbsp;... This is a list of <b>English</b> language <b>words</b> from the Celtic Irish language. banshee (
M-W), &quot;woman of the fairies&quot; (AHD) or &quot;...of a fairy mound&quot; (RH). The Modern Irish
&nbsp;... This is a list of <b>English words</b> of native origin, in other <b>words</b>, <b>words</b> inherited and 
<b>derived</b> directly from the Anglo-Saxon, or Old <b>English</b>, stage of the language. <b>Words</b> of Chinese origin have entered the <b>English</b> language and many European 
languages. Most of these were loanwords from Chinese itself, a term covering&nbsp;... The following <b>English words</b> have been acquired either directly from Arabic or 
else indirectly by passing from Arabic into other languages and then into <b>English</b>. This is a list of Latin <b>words</b> with derivatives in <b>English</b> (and other modern 
languages). ... in Latin dictionaries) is the Latin nominative singular, but that 
typically does not exhibit the root form from which <b>English</b> nouns are generally 
<b>derived</b>. from Spanish and/or Portuguese amigo, &quot;friend&quot;; from Latin amicus meaning &quot;
friend,&quot; <b>derived from</b> amare (to love). amole: Mexican Spanish from Nahautl 
amolli&nbsp;...
other languages
Lists of English words by country or language of origin