Loanwords !

Some words that we speak on a daily basis when speaking, may not be entirely English, but have been taken from other languages around the world, which have a meaning to which we want to refer.


In the class in which we focus on these types of words, we work in pairs to be able to investigate and discover some and what they mean for English and in the original language. Here are some that we discovered together with my partner Nancy:

• French:
• Ballet
• Champagne
• Spanish:
• Mustang
• Armadillo
• Mosquito
• Taco
• Italian:
• Umbrella
• Violin
• German:
• Pretzel
• Quartz
• Russian:
• Vodka
• Arabic:
• Bazaar
• Japanese:
• Kamikaze
• Karaoke
• Geisha
• Yiddish:
• Mazel Tov
• Oy Vey
• Nosh
• Shalom

 I leave you a link with more information, and yes, with many more words of this style: Words in English: Loanwords.

And after this, how many did you know?

IDM