Do you know English has taken some words from other languages as well. Would you mention some?
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Many German words like fish (Fisch), house (Haus), mine (mein), Doctor (Doktor), kindergarden (Kindergarten).
Tsunami from Japanese Amok from Malay Kowtow from Chinese
I think wurst a German word we call wors
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Biryani from urdu
Words for the types of meat one eats, beef, mutton, pork... All come from French.
I know the word "jaguar" comes from Tupi, a language spoken by some of the original inhabitants of Brazil.
- JennyCertified ESL Teacher who helps her student in Conversational English.
English originally came from German.. There are Filipino words like "Boondocks" French, "rendezvous" "bouquet"
Some of the words i love personally Wander lust taken from German Ketchup taken from Chinese Brainwashing from Chinese Cafe from french Ninja from Japanese
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Jaggernaut and bunglow from Hindi. Deja vu, dossier and seance from French
Safari is taken from Hindi Lemon is taken from Arabic Paparazzi is taken from Italian
Safari from Swahili Karaoke from Japanese