Saturday, September 29, 2007

Lists of English words of international origin
"We don't just borrow words. On occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary". (James D. Nicoll)
These are lists of words in the English language which are known as "loanwords" or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages:

List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin
List of English words of African origin
List of English words of Afrikaans origin
List of English words of Arabic origin
List of English words of Chinese origin
List of English words of Czech origin
List of English words of Dutch origin
List of English words of Etruscan origin
List of English words of Finnish origin
List of English words of French origin
List of German expressions in English (a small German-English dictionary)
English words of Greek origin (a discussion rather than a list)

  • List of Greek words with English derivatives
    List of English words of Hawaiian origin
    List of English words of Hebrew origin
    List of English words of Hungarian origin
    List of English words of Indian origin

    • List of English words of Sanskrit origin
      List of English words of Tamil origin
      List of English words of Hindi origin
      List of English words of Urdu origin
      List of English words of Telugu origin
      List of English words of Indonesian origin, including from Javanese, Malay (Sumatran) Sundanese, Papuan (Irian Jaya), Balinese, Dayak and other local languages in Indonesia
      List of English words of Irish origin
      List of English words of Italian origin
      List of English words of Japanese origin
      List of English words of Korean origin
      List of English words of Latin origin

      • List of Latin words with English derivatives
        List of English words of Malay origin
        List of English words of Maori origin
        List of English words from indigenous languages of the Americas
        List of English words of Norwegian origin
        List of English words of Old Norse origin (often coming from Vikings from Denmark or Norway, but at the time there was little distinction between the Old Norse dialects spoken in the three Scandinavian countries.)
        List of English words of Persian origin
        List of English words of Polish origin
        List of English words of Portuguese origin
        List of English words of Romanian origin
        List of English words of Russian origin
        List of English words of Serbo-Croatian origin
        List of English words of Slovak origin
        List of English words of Scots origin
        List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin
        List of English words of Spanish origin
        List of English words of Swedish origin
        List of English words of Tagalog origin
        List of English words of Turkic origin
        List of English words of Ukrainian origin
        List of English words of Welsh origin
        List of English words of Yiddish origin

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