Linguistic loan – 1
- POSTED ON: 22 Mar, 2021
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- POSTED BY: Madhumitha Srinivasan
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Loan words are those adopted from one language and incorporated into another language without translation.
English is full of such loan words; you’d be surprised to learn that some commonly used words aren’t originally from English. In fact, contributions from as many as 350 other languages comprise around 80% of the English language. Words originating from French and Latin are the most common, making up 29% of the English language.
Can you drag and drop the 8 words given below into their respective language of origin?