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When a word takes in a word from another language, it has a acquired a loanword. The name is somewhat misleadig since the words are not given back.

English has many loanwords, coming from, in approximate order from source language: This is only ones with more than 1000 words. Of course Arabic and [[Quechua] and others have given loanwords, but that many!

Classical Latin Kitchen, Street Ancient Greek Idiot, Tragedy Norman French Guardian, Pork, Parliament Parisian French Champion, Beautiful, Chase Old Norse They, Skin, Dike, Sky, Through, Father

Affixes and Idiomatic Expressions can also be borrowed.

French set phrases are called Gallicisms: Goes without saying, in lieu of

Latin set phrases are called, well, Latinisms Et cetera, exempli gratia, vide licet (viz)

There are very few Norse set phrases.

Here are some common bowwowed affixes:

-s (verb suffix) from Norse. Plural ending is not from French in- Latin -able Latin -ity Greek -tion Latin