ETYMOLOGY OF THE ENGLISH WORD-STOCK
Across
- 2. - The study of the origin and historical development of words.
- 7. - The process of adapting loanwords to English phonetic, grammatical, and semantic systems.
- 9. - Words of Anglo-Saxon origin forming the core vocabulary of English.
- 10. - An important classical language that contributed many scientific and abstract terms to English.
Down
- 1. - Words taken from another language and used in English
- 3. - English is considered a ______ language used worldwide.
- 4. -A word-building element added to a root, such as -ness or un-.
- 5. - The characteristic of a word having multiple meanings.
- 6. - Words that are used in many languages with similar form and meaning.
- 8. -The ultimate historical source of a word.