You are on page 1of 2

Although, English vocabulary contains a lot of words that have origin from other languages like Latin, Greek,

French, Italian, German but we can say these all belonged the origin area of English that means Europe ( omparing languages to area doesn!t seem suitable in this sentence"# $ut as the English language spread on (over" the globe and also the non%native civilians of English native countries have given new words to English vocabulary# Like from hinese kowtow came that means to flatter someone, ingratiate#(Like kowtow came from hinese meaning to flatter someone, ingratiate" In hinese culture the people touch their head to ground in front of venerable person and they call it kowtow# $ut when it arrived in English it is deviated a bit from the meaning and used if someone is flattering a person with showing unctuous respect by knocking the head to ground# From (I think we can!t use a sentence with F&'(" )indi word pundit and guru came and taken with their real meanings# *undit is a sage and guru means teacher# +ot all words from )indi taken as they are# ,ometime their meaning got changed or sometime their spelling deformed# Like cashmere word came from the word -ashmiri# .he word -ashmiri means something

that belongs to -ashmir region of India# $ut here cashmere means the woolen cloth that made by -ashmiri ship/s wool# I was surprised when I saw a word that came from .amil language# .hen I reali0ed it is not only a language of a state of India(.amilnadu" but it is also used in some parts of ,ri%lanka, (alaysia and Indonesia as well# ,o a word pariah I found that came from .amil# It means a person who is outcast from society# From Arabic word kismet has taken that means fate# After (learning1" these few words I reali0ed that the vocabulary of modern English is not a sea now, it is an ocean to learn as much as it will be globali0ed it will became larger and I have a hunch that it will make world cosmopolitan and will cover 2334 globe#

5ear (uski, I!m myself a learner, ,o please If you find any of my suggestions incorrect you can share them back# 'h and 6ery well written and informative# &egards

You might also like