Quote:
Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
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.
- Booker T. Washington
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Excellent!
Related link.
100 Most beautiful words in the English language
I would have included
melodious Actually English; late Middle English < Medieval Latin melōdiōsus
Say versus
Bungalow from Hindi