The 5 Inventions That Make Life Easier
Hmmm, these are good--a couple are great, but there are at least 5 others missing that should be on this lost. Plumbing?
duffbeer4moe Female, 13-17, Western US
12875 Posts
Tuesday, December 6, 2005 6:03:18 PM
and besides why are we discussing eng history again?
duffbeer4moe Female, 13-17, Western US
12875 Posts
Tuesday, December 6, 2005 6:02:39 PM
ok here The earliest version of English was Anglo-Saxon, a proto-Germanic language. Although only about 5,000 Anglo-Saxon words survive in Modern English, they are some of the most commonly used ones.English developed by borrowing words from cultures it came in contact with. For instance, Greek and Latin were traditionally the languages of high culture and ‘classical’ education. English adopted many Latin and Greek words, and many of them form our medical and legal vocabulary.In 1066, the Normans invaded England, and subsequently French became the official language – certainly among the elite at court. Roughly half the words in Modern English are borrowed from French.
there...eng doesnt come exactly from french but most of its words do...