Lists of English words of international origin
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- "We don't just borrow words. On occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary". (James D. Nicoll)
These are lists of words in the English language which are known as "loanwords" or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages:
- List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin
- List of English words of African origin
- List of English words of Afrikaans origin
- List of English words of Arabic origin
- List of English words of Chinese origin
- List of English words of Czech origin
- List of English words of Dutch origin
- List of English words of Etruscan origin
- List of English words of Finnish origin
- List of English words of French origin
- German loan words
- List of German expressions in English (a small German-English dictionary)
- English words of Greek origin (a discussion rather than a list)
- List of English words of Hawaiian origin
- List of English words of Hebrew origin
- List of English words of Hungarian origin
- List of English words of Indian origin
- List of English words of Indonesian origin, including from Javanese, Malay (Sumatran) Sundanese, Papuan (Irian Jaya), Balinese, Dayak and other local languages in Indonesia
- List of English words of Irish origin
- List of English words of Italian origin
- List of English words of Japanese origin
- List of English words of Korean origin
- List of English words of Latin origin
- List of English words of Malay origin
- List of English words of Maori origin
- List of English words from indigenous languages of the Americas
- List of English words of Norwegian origin
- List of English words of Old Norse origin (often coming from Vikings from Denmark or Norway, but at the time there was little distinction between the Old Norse dialects spoken in the three Scandinavian countries.)
- List of English words of Persian origin
- List of English words of Polish origin
- List of English words of Portuguese origin
- List of English words of Romanian origin
- List of English words of Russian origin
- List of English words of Serbo-Croatian origin
- List of English words of Slovak origin
- List of English words of Scots origin
- List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin
- List of English words of Spanish origin
- List of English words of Swedish origin
- List of English words of Tagalog origin
- List of English words of Turkic origin
- List of English words of Ukrainian origin
- List of English words of Welsh origin
- List of English words of Yiddish origin
