English from Around the World

Words from many languages have been added to English. This chart shows you some English words derived from foreign words.

Old English	man, woman, morning, night, day, month, year, cat, dog, house, red, yellow, at, in, by, from, cow, calf, pig
Scandinavian	they, them, their, knife, sky, ski, happy, scare, egg
French	constitution, city, state, nation, congress, mayor, poetry, art, court, medicine, dance, fashion, tailor, physician, beef, veal, pork
Greek	paragraph, school, alphabet, stomach
Latin	camp, wine, paper, perfume, umbrella, mile, senator, legislator
Native American	canoe, toboggan, opossum, moose, chipmunk, pecan, hickory, igloo, kayak