two-syllabic). The core vocabulary is predominantly germanic. 3) Native and foreign elements Native vocabulary: INDO-EUROPEAN- mother, foot, heart, father, sea, night etc GERMANIC- friend, bidge, ship, life, heaven OLD-ENGLISH- bad, bird, woman, lady and gospel LATIN- cheap, pepper, street, mile, butter, cheese, wine, inch, ounce, pound, kitchen, plum, cup, dish, mint, leitchester, clorcester, colonia, lincoln, fossbrok, mass, monk, nunn, bishop, abbot, minster, apostle, pope, altar, hymn, democratic, juvenile, sophisticated, aboration, enthusiasm, permissions, imaginary, allusion, anacroism, dexterity, nucleous, formula, vertegra, corpuscle, atomic, carnivorous, incubate, molacule, i.e- that is, viz- videlicet, etc- et cetera, e.f- confer Latin adjectives for english nouns- nose-nasal, mouth-oral, sun-solar, moon-lunas, son-filial, daughter- filial, mother- maternal, father- paternal.
influence of borrowings native words narrowed their meaning (nt stool-iste, chair was borrowed, chair infuenced stool and it is now a taburet). Borrowings have influenced the English language a lot but native elements should not be disregarded or overlooked. Latin borrowings cheap, pepper, street, mile, butter, cheese, wine, inch, ounce, pound, kitchen, plum, cup, dish, mint, Leicester, Clocester, colonia, lincoln, fossbrok, mass, monk, nun, bishop, abbot, minster, apostle, pope, altar, hymn, democratic, juvenile, sophisticated, abortion, enthusiasm, permissions, imaginary, allusion, anachronism, dexterity, nucleus, formula, vertebra, corpuscle, atomic, carnivorous, incubate, molecule, i.e- that is, viz- videlicet, etc- et cetera, c.f- confer Latin adjectives for english nouns- nose-nasal, mouth-oral, sun-solar, Greek borrowings abbot, angel, apostle, bishop, school, cilinder, cycle, dialogue, cardiac,
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