Origin of certain English words, which were not English, but have been made English!

Origin of certain English words, which were not English, but have been made English!

Ever wonder how the English language borrowed non English words and then made them English and yet, we all think they are English, because we use them in everyday life!

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"While all these important developments were underway, British naval superiority was also growing. In the 16th and 17th Century, international trade expanded immensely, and loanwords were absorbed from the languages of many other countries throughout the world, including those of other trading and imperial nations such as Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands. Among these were:

French (e.g. bizarre, ballet, sachet, crew, progress, chocolate, salon, duel, brigade, infantry, comrade, volunteer, detail, passport, explorer, ticket, machine, cuisine, prestige, garage, shock, moustache, vogue);

Italian (e.g. carnival, fiasco, arsenal, casino, miniature, design, bankrupt, grotto, studio, umbrella, rocket, ballot, balcony, macaroni, piano, opera, violin);

Spanish (e.g. armada, bravado, cork, barricade, cannibal);

Portuguese (e.g. breeze, tank, fetish, marmalade, molasses);

German (e.g. kindergarten, noodle, bum, dumb, dollar, muffin, hex, wanderlust, gimmick, waltz, seminar, ouch!);

Dutch/Flemish ( e.g. bale, spool, stripe, holster, skipper, dam, booze, fucking, crap, bugger, hunk, poll, scrap, curl, scum, knapsack, sketch, landscape, easel, smuggle, caboose, yacht, cruise, dock, buoy, keelhaul, reef, bluff, freight, leak, snoop, spook, sleigh, brick, pump, boss, lottery);

Basque (e.g. bizarre, anchovy);

Norwegian (e.g. maelstrom, iceberg, ski, slalom, troll);

Icelandic (e.g. mumps, saga, geyser);

Finnish (e.g. sauna);

Persian (e.g. shawl, lemon, caravan, bazaar, tambourine);

Arabic (e.g. harem, jar, magazine, algebra, algorithm, almanac, alchemy, zenith, admiral, sherbet, saffron, coffee, alcohol, mattress, syrup, hazard, lute);

Turkish (e.g. coffee, yoghurt, caviar, horde, chess, kiosk, tulip, turban);

Russian (e.g. sable, mammoth);

Japanese (e.g. tycoon, geisha, karate, samurai);

Malay (e.g. bamboo, amok, caddy, gong, ketchup);

Chinese (e.g. tea, typhoon, kowtow);

Polynesian (e.g. taboo, tatoo).

If you are interested in further learning about how English developed and changed over the centuries, please follow the link below!"

https://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/history_early_modern.html