Borrowing/Copying in English and German

 

Arabic

Greek

Hindi

Latin

Norman French

English

  • many words beginning with "al-" which is an Arabic article (e.g. "alcohol")
  • zero
  • zenith
  • coffee
  • garbage
  • mirror
  • ...

  • anonymous
  • academy
  • aristocrat
  • democracy
  • history
  • ...

  • juggernaut
  • shampoo
  • ...

  • agenda
  • animal
  • autumn
  • creator
  • January, February, March,...
  • picture
  • ...

  • assault
  • accuse
  • bacon
  • beef
  • duty
  • havoc
  • judge
  • ...

German

  • Algebra
  • Kaffee
  • Alkohol
  • ...

  • Gymnasium
  • anonym
  • ...

 

  • Agenda
  • Dozent
  • Produkt
  • Dokument
  • ...