Inglise leksikoloogia
4)entertainment: pleasure, delight; 5)proffessions:taylor, painter, butcher; 6) time: hour, minute,
second; 7)environment: river, mountain, soil. It is possible to trace borrowings to a definite period of
time: *the twelfth cent borrowings: court, country, cabbage, prison; *the thirteenth cent borrowings:
accuse, poison, pure; *17th cent borr: capital, commerce, investment, bank; *18th cent borr: democrate,
royalist, to terrorize.
16. Sources of borrowing
: Greek came mainly from Latin and France. There was great interest in Ancient literature and
philosophy. English scolars borrowed words directly from Greek. They were bookish and scientific
words. (nt, athlete, myth, enthusiasm). The Dutch lg- ship building terms were borrowed in the middle
ages (nt, deck, rift(hari), skipper, yacht. Italian in the 16th cent Italic words penetrated into the Engl
lg
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