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  2. Foreign-language influences in English - Wikipedia

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    Many loanwords have entered into English from other languages. [not verified in body] [4] [page range too broad] English borrowed many words from Old Norse, the North Germanic language of the Vikings, [5] and later from Norman French, the Romance language of the Normans, which descends from Latin.

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

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    The following are lists of words in the English language that are known as "loanwords" or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages. For Old English -derived words, see List of English words of Old English origin .

  4. Loanword - Wikipedia

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    The English language has borrowed many words from other cultures or languages. For examples, see Lists of English words by country or language of origin and Anglicisation. Some English loanwords remain relatively faithful to the original phonology even though a particular phoneme might not exist or have contrastive status in English.

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

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    In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Lists of English words of foreign origin" ... Lists of English words by country or language of origin *

  6. List of English words of Chinese origin - Wikipedia

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    Words of Chinese origin have entered European languages, including English. Most of these were direct loanwords from various varieties of Chinese.However, Chinese words have also entered indirectly via other languages, particularly Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese, that have all used Chinese characters at some point and contain a large number of Chinese loanwords.

  7. List of English words from Indigenous languages of the Americas

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    This is a list of English language words borrowed from Indigenous languages of the Americas, either directly or through intermediate European languages such as Spanish or French. It does not cover names of ethnic groups or place names derived from Indigenous languages.

  8. List of English words of Dravidian origin - Wikipedia

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    Current distribution of Dravidian languages. This is a list of English words that are borrowed directly or ultimately from Dravidian languages. Dravidian languages include Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, and a number of other languages spoken mainly in South Asia. The list is by no means exhaustive.

  9. List of English words of Dutch origin - Wikipedia

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    In a survey by Joseph M. Williams in Origins of the English Language it is estimated that about 1% of English words are of Dutch origin. [1] In many cases the loanword has assumed a meaning substantially different from its Dutch forebear. Some English words have been borrowed directly from Dutch.