Borrowed words a history of loanwords in English

"The rich variety of the English vocabulary reflects the vast number of words it has taken from other languages. These range from Latin, Greek, Scandinavian, Celtic, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian too, among others, Hebrew, Maori, Malay, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, and Yiddish. Philip Durk...

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Main Author: Durkin, Philip (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2014.
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