The English Language

abstract acquired added adjectives adopted advance already ancestors Anglo-Saxon appear Aryan became become began believed belong borrowed brought called character Christian Church civilization classical common compounds course culture derived describe dialect distinction doubt Dutch earlier early East effect England English language Europe existence express feeling foreign formation French genius German give given Greek growth human ideas important influence instance interest kind knowledge later Latin Latin word learned least less literary living meaning meant medieval Middle Ages modern native natural Norman notion nouns objects old word origin past perhaps period Persian personality phrase popular possessed present probably race recent religious rich Roman seems sense sound sources speak speech suggest Teutonic thought tion traced translations verb vocabulary whole writings XIVth XIXth XVIIth Century