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0 pointsanthk27d ago0 comments

English it's a hugely romance-influenced Germanic language.

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I thoroughly recommend this podcast if you are interested in where the English language comes from: https://historyofenglishpodcast.com

English is a mix and merge of Norman French and Anglo-Saxon.

english is (latin greek french anglic arabic) in a trench coat

The core is just proto-Germanic + Latin via French. A bunch of foreign words don't really count.

hk__227d ago

Arabic?

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I thoroughly recommend this podcast if you are interested in where the English language comes from: https://historyofenglishpodcast.com

English is a mix and merge of Norman French and Anglo-Saxon.

english is (latin greek french anglic arabic) in a trench coat

The core is just proto-Germanic + Latin via French. A bunch of foreign words don't really count.

hk__227d ago

Arabic?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse