Is every word from a different language?

Question

In America, it seems like every word is from a different word in a different language, but is that what every country does? Do we all just use each other's words?

Answer 1

Every language is a combination of many languages. Simply saying each and every language has its own significance as well some common attributes which make that language common to other co-existing languages.

Eg:-
American English, has some equals with Latin. Spanish has an equal with French. Hindi has an equal with Sinhala ("sanskrit"), Japanies has some equals with Chinees , Korean.

So every language is a combination of some other languages.

Answer 2

No, but the English language is heavily influenced by Latin.

The origins of most words are Latin, Greek etc. However there are a number of words that are English, for example many "slang" words which eventually made their way into the standard vocabulary

Additionally the proper names of products and other things derivived from English speaking countries are often times natively English words as well. So no, not every word is from a different language. But English is heavily based off of latin which is why it seems that way.

Answer 3

The English language was derived from other languages, particularly Latin.

As European explorers can to America they names places based on Spanish, French and languages.

As new items are invented people need to come up with a word for them. Often they use the English language name but sometimes they make up their own name. Consider things like telephones, cellphones, computers, laundry detergent, coca-cola, etc.

Answer 4

Well, English is based upon other languages (Latin, etc.) but we do have words of our own that get into other languages. I think Americans are the only one who refer to gym shoes as sneakers, soda as pop, etc. I have heard that the French dislike that American words have gotten into their language - like Le Job, etc.

These days, it seems like whatever country invented the terms, they stick - like web terminology is largely english wherever you go, etc. I just heard that brutal is the same in english and spanish - but I don't know who got there first. It would be easier to segregate the languages if we weren't such a global community.

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Answer 5

i think America is the only language that takes other words because they ha vent been here as long as others like Greeks America doesn't have a very long history

Answer 6

English has Germanic, Latin, Greek, and Native American influences.

It's mostly Germanic though...

Most languages are related if you go back far enough... I think words that are fundamental are more universal... like mother and father sound similar in english, french, spanish, german, hindi, arabic and many other languages.

A linguist could tell you better though

Answer 7

No. Newer languages get enriched by including
new usefull words from other languages. The
older languages, say Greek, Persian, Sanskrit,
etc. did not have the opportunity as we have today.

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Answer 9

Yes, but there are really some exceptions.

Answer 10

basically, yes.