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FlashCards por Claudia Cedillo, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Claudia Cedillo
mais de 4 anos atrás
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| Questão | Responda |
| Latin came from... | The roman invasion in 55BC |
| Percentage of words in the English language that come from Latin: | 29% |
| Some words in English that come from Latin are: | Human, animal, dental, decimal, digital, factory, library, manual, lunar, solar, military, science, station. |
| The Germanic migration which created the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) language occurred in: | 450 AD |
| Percentage of words in the English language that come from Germanic: | 26% |
| Examples of words that come from Germanic: | Above, again, and, apple, bad, good, cake, eat, drink, eye, feet, arm, boy, girl, house, hand,bread. |
| What did Christianity bring to the English language and when? | It brought more words from Latin, Greek and Hebrew in the 6th century. |
| Which are some words in the English language that come from Greek? | Android, basic, cinema, climate, democracy, economy, history, idea, politics, technology. |
| When did the Viking invasion happen? | From the 8th to the 11th century |
| What did Viking invasion bring to the English language? | The Scandinavian language and Norse. |
| What happened in 1066? | The Norman invasion that brought French and more Latin words. |
| Percentage of words in English that come from French: | 29% |
| Examples of words in the English language that come from French: | Beef, pork, veal, continue, liberty, justice, journey, people, very |
| Some words acquired during the 15th and 16th century from the colonization of America: | Tobacco, potatoes |
| English and Frisian come from: | The Germanic language |
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