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anthk
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iamflimflam1
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I thoroughly recommend this podcast if you are interested in where the English language comes from:
https://historyofenglishpodcast.com
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world2vec
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English is a mix and merge of Norman French and Anglo-Saxon.
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mghackerlady
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english is (latin greek french anglic arabic) in a trench coat
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ahartmetz
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The core is just proto-Germanic + Latin via French. A bunch of foreign words don't really count.
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hk__2
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Arabic?
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