The word for father, for example, is vater in German, pater in Latin, and pitr in Sanskrit. ... The Latin alphabet was brought over from Ireland by Christian missionaries. ... At this time, the vocabulary of Old English consisted of an Anglo Saxon base with borrowed words from the Scandinavian languages (Danish and Norse) and Latin. ... French became the language of the Norman aristocracy and added more vocabulary to English. ... One century later English was first taught at schools, alongside Latin and French. ...

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"The main difference between the two was actually the vocabulary" ( Davis 168). ... As the religion spread English added a large number of Latin words to reintroduce Christianity. As the religion spread English added a large number of Latin words to itself to express new ideas connected with the religion. However, this lead to the loss of grammatical gender of the language and therefore mixed the vocabulary. ... The french language is actually almost directly derived from Latin. ...

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The study of a foreign language helps improve English vocabulary and its proficiency. ... Out of the languages: French, German, Japanese, and Latin what one is more useful towards global trade and makes it easier to trade? ... Latin, the hardest language to learn for it is basically a dead language, but it is helpful with the rest of the romance and Germanic languages for it is the base of them. ... The students that wanted to take another language wanted, in order, French, German, Japanese, and Latin. ... And six students wanted to learn Latin. ...

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• Grade Level: High School