It’s a Germanic language* with a strong French influence, and the influence of pretty much every other language (so much so that it arguably has as many loan words as most other languages have words).
*A Germanic language is one that comes from the same precursor language that produced German.
Any linguist would tell you this, it’s pretty surface-level stuff.
No, it isn’t.
It’s a Germanic language* with a strong French influence, and the influence of pretty much every other language (so much so that it arguably has as many loan words as most other languages have words).
*A Germanic language is one that comes from the same precursor language that produced German.
Any linguist would tell you this, it’s pretty surface-level stuff.
If you really want to understand the story, check out The History of English podcast.
The video covers that in the first few minutes.