Friday, September 19, 2008

English words from the French, German, Indian and Spanish origin.

French
Here is a shocking fact, 30% of the English Vocabulary are from the French Origin.
Here are some, if you want the complete list, go to : Wikipedia French origin list
A: Able, Abuse, Absence, Ace, Acid, Adhesive, Agree, Anatomy, Application, Average, Aviation.
B: Boil, Bomb, Blond, Beef, Bacon, Band
C: Catholic, Campaign, Cattle, Cache, Capacity, Car, Captain, Category, Chance, Change, Cheat, Coin, Common, County, Custom
D: Detroit, Diet, Digestion,
E: Empire, Emplacement, Endurance, Endure
F: Face, Farm, Fatal, Female

The rest your going to have to view :)

Spanish
Here are some spanish words: To view them all go here

M: Mosquito, Montana, Mustang, Mole
P: Palmetto, Paella, Patio, Papaya
S: Salsa, Savanna, Sierra, Sombrero,
T: Tornado, Tuna, Tomato, Tobacco, Tilde, Tequila, Tango, Taco

German
Here are some German Words: To view them all go here

Bratwurst
Delicatessen (Deli)
Hamburger
Kraut (as in Sauerkraut)
Wiener
Wiener schnitzel
Dachshund
Kaput
Kindergarten
Rottweiler
Schnauzer
Spitz
Waltz.

American Indian Words, For more go here

bayou
chipmunk
hickory
igloo
kayak
moose
pecan
squash
succotash
tepee
toboggan
tomahawk
totem

Hebrew Origin, More here

Amen
Armageddon
Behemoth
Cider
Halleujah
Leviathan
Kosher
Messiah
Pharaoh
Sabbath
Sack

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