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Why did Anglo-Saxon speakers of Old English tend to resist importing words?
During which period of borrowing did the Germanic peoples have contact with a living Roman imperial and cultural presence?
What word meaning 'street' appears in virtually every language that the Romans came into contact with?
How did words enter the language primarily from Roman Latin when the Germanic tribes were still on the Continent?
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Study Notes
Old English and Latin Influences
- Anglo-Saxon speakers of Old English resisted importing words from other languages.
Roman Influence on Germanic Peoples
- The Germanic peoples had contact with the living Roman imperial and cultural presence during the period of borrowing.
Latin Loanwords
- The word for 'street' was borrowed into virtually every language the Romans came into contact with.
Latin Influence on Old English
- Words primarily entered the Old English language from Roman Latin when the Germanic tribes were still on the Continent.
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Test your knowledge on the evolution of language and culture during the Anglo-Saxon period, focusing on the influence of Roman Latin on Germanic tribes and the development of Old English. Explore how verbal artifacts shaped the mind and linguistic structures of this historical era.
