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  2. Category:Lists of English words of foreign origin - Wikipedia

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    English words of African origin; List of English words of Afrikaans origin; List of English words from Indigenous languages of the Americas; List of English words of Old English origin; List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin

  3. Lists of English words by country or language of origin

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    List of English words of Irish origin. List of Irish words used in the English language; List of English words of Italian origin. List of Italian musical terms used in English; List of English words of Japanese origin; List of English words of Korean origin; List of Latin words with English derivatives; List of English words of Malay origin ...

  4. List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English

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    This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form. The correspondence is semantic—in most cases these words are not cognates, but in some cases they are doublets, i.e., ultimately derived from the same root, generally Proto-Indo-European, as in cow and beef, both ultimately from PIE *gʷōus.

  5. List of English words of foreign origin - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Appearance. move to sidebar hide. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... Lists of English words by country or ...

  6. List of English words with dual French and Old English ...

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    Generally, words coming from French often retain a higher register than words of Old English origin, and they are considered by some to be more posh, elaborate, sophisticated, or pretentious. However, there are exceptions: weep , groom and stone (from Old English) occupy a slightly higher register than cry , brush and rock (from French).

  7. Lists of etymologies - Wikipedia

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    List of river name etymologies; List of Australian place names of Aboriginal origin; List of place names in Canada of aboriginal origin; List of indigenous names of Eastern Caribbean islands; Origins of names of cities and towns in Hong Kong; Lists of North American place name etymologies; List of place names of French origin in the United States

  8. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...

  9. List of English words of Indian origin - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version ... This is a list of words in the English ... Etymology of Selected Words of Indian Language Origin Archived 2014-02-20 at the ...