Building a Better Vocabulary Season 1 Episode 34 Words English Borrowed and Never Returned

  • TV-PG
  • January 30, 2015
  • 30 min

English is notorious for being an omnivorous language. Substantially more than half of English vocabulary is from languages other than its Anglo-Saxon ancestor, Old English. Why do words get borrowed, and how do these words eventually settle in and become just as familiar as English ones? Find out here.

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  • First Aired
    January 30, 2015
  • Content Rating
    TV-PG
  • Runtime
    30 min
  • Language
    English
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