Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Foreign_language_influences_in_English> ?p ?o }
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English abstract "While many words enter English as slang, not all do. Some words are adopted from other languages; some are mixtures of existing words (portmanteau words), and some are new creations made of roots from dead languages: e.g. thanatopsis. No matter the origin, though, words rarely, if ever, are immediately accepted into the English language. Here is a list of the most common foreign language influences in English, where other languages have influenced or contributed words to English.Celtic words are almost absent, except for dialectal words, such as the Yan Tan Tethera system of counting sheep. However, English syntax was influenced by Celtic languages, starting from the Middle English; for example, the system of continuous tenses (absent in other Germanic languages) was a cliché of similar Celtic phrasal structures.French legal, military, and political terminology; words for the meat of an animal; noble words; words referring to food — e.g., au gratin. Nearly 30% of English words (in an 80,000 word dictionary) may be of French origin.Latin scientific and technical words, medical terminology, academic and legal terminology. See also: Latin influence in English.Greek words: scientific and medical terminology (for instance -phobias and -ologies), Christian theological terminology.Scandinavian languages such as Old Norse - words such as sky and troll or, more recently, geysir.Norman words: castle, cauldron, kennel, catch, cater are among Norman words introduced into English. The Norman language also introduced (or reinforced) words of Norse origin such as mug.Dutch - There are many ways through which Dutch words have entered the English language: via trade and navigation, such as skipper (from schipper), freebooter (from vrijbuiter), keelhauling (from kielhalen); via painting, such as landscape (from landschap), easel (from ezel), still life (from stilleven); warfare, such as forlorn hope (from verloren hoop), beleaguer (from beleger), to bicker (from bicken); via civil engineering, such as dam, polder, dune (from duin); via the New Netherland settlements in North America, such as cookie (from koekie), boss from baas, Santa Claus (from Sinterklaas); via Dutch/Afrikaans speakers with English speakers in South Africa, such as wildebeest, apartheid, boer; via French words of Dutch/Flemish origin that have subsequently been adopted into English, such as boulevard (from bolwerk), mannequin (from manneken), buoy (from boei). Joseph M. Williams, in Origins of the English Language, estimated that about 1% of English words are of Dutch origin. See also: List of English words of Dutch origin, List of place names of Dutch origin, Dutch linguistic influence on naval terms and List of English words of Afrikaans origin.Spanish - words relating to warfare and tactics, for instance flotilla and guerrilla; or related to science and culture, whether created in Arabic, originated in Amerindian civilizations (Cariban: cannibal, hurricane; Mescalero: apache; Nahuatl: tomato, coyote, chocolate; Quechua: potato; Taíno: tobacco), or Iberian Romance languages (aficionado, albino, alligator, cargo, cigar, embargo, guitar, jade, mesa, paella, platinum, plaza, renegade, rodeo, salsa, savvy, sierra, siesta, tilde, tornado, vanilla etc.). See also: List of English words of Spanish origin.Italian - words relating to some music, piano, fortissimo. Or Italian culture, such as piazza, pizza, gondola, balcony, fascism. The English word umbrella comes from Italian ombrello.Indian - words relating to culture, originating from the colonial era. Many of these words are of Persian origin rather than Hindi because Persian was the official language of the Mughal courts. e.g.: pyjamas, bungalow, verandah, jungle, curry, shampoo, khaki.German -Some influences from old German languages can be found in English, as for example in \"foreboding\". Later words relating to World War I and World War II found their way into the English language, words such as blitz, Führer and Lebensraum; food terms, such as bratwurst, hamburger and frankfurter; words related to psychology and philosophy, such a gestalt, Übermensch and zeitgeist. From German origin are also: wanderlust, schadenfreude, kaputt, kindergarten, autobahn, rucksack. See also: List of German expressions in English. Hebrew and Yiddish - words used in religious contexts, like Sabbath, kosher, hallelujah, amen, and jubilee or words that have become slang like schmuck, shmooze, nosh, oy vey, and schmutz.Arabic - Trade items such as borax, coffee, cotton, hashish, henna, mohair, muslin, saffron; Islamic religious terms such as jihad and hadith; scientific vocabulary borrowed into Latin in the 12th and 13th centuries (alcohol, alkali, algebra, azimuth, cipher, nadir); plants or plant products originating in Tropical Asia and introduced to medieval Europe through Arabic intermediation (camphor, jasmine, lacquer, lemon, orange, sugar); Middle Eastern cusine words (couscous, falafel, hummus, kebab, tahini). See also: List of English words of Arabic origin.↑".
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English thumbnail Origins_of_English_PieChart.svg?width=300.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageExternalLink Mathematical%20Words.htm.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageID "337386".
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageLength "8588".
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageOutDegree "120".
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageRevisionID "705951274".
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Afrikaans.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Albinism.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Alligator.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Amen.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Apache.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Apartheid.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Arabic.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Biblical_Sabbath.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Boer.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Boulevard.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Bratwurst.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Buoy.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Cannibalism.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Cargo.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Cariban_languages.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_language.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Category:Lists_of_English_words_of_foreign_origin.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Celtic_languages.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Chocolate.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Cigar.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Continuous_and_progressive_aspects.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Cookie.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Coyote.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Dam.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Dune.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Dutch_language.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Dutch_linguistic_influence_on_naval_terms.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Easel.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Embargo.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink English_language.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Fascism.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Flotilla.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Forlorn_hope.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Freebooter.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink French_language.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Führer.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink German_language.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Gestalt_psychology.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Greek_language.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Guerrilla_warfare.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Guitar.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Hallelujah.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Hamburger.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Hebrew_language.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Hindi.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Iberian_Romance_languages.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink India.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Industrial_Revolution.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Islam.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Italian_language.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Jade.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Joseph_M._Williams.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Jubilee_(biblical).
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Kashrut.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Keelhauling.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Landscape.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Latin.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Latin_influence_in_English.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Lebensraum.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Linguistic_purism_in_English.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink List_of_English_words_of_Afrikaans_origin.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink List_of_English_words_of_Arabic_origin.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink List_of_English_words_of_Dutch_origin.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink List_of_English_words_of_Spanish_origin.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink List_of_place_names_of_Dutch_origin.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Mannequin.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Medical_terminology.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Mesa.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Mescalero-Chiricahua_language.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Mughal_Empire.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Nahuatl.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink New_Netherland.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Norman_language.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink North_Germanic_languages.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Outline_of_German_expressions_in_English.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Oy_vey.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Paella.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Penus_(boating).
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Persian_language.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Piano.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Platinum.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Plaza.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Polder.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Potato.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Quechuan_languages.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Rodeo.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Salsa_(sauce).
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Santa_Claus.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Sausage.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Schmuck_(pejorative).
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Siesta.
- Foreign_language_influences_in_English wikiPageWikiLink Sinterklaas.