This book shows how, when, and why English took words from other languages and explains how to find their origins and reasons for adoption. It covers the effect

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Most of us are aware that words such as geometry, mathematics, phobia and hypochondria derive from ancient Greek, but did you know that marmalade, pirate, sketc

The book contends that the acceptance of translation and imitation in the literary life of a country does not imply denying the specific conditions created by p