Early Latin loan-words in Old English
Alfred Wollman
It is a well-known fact that Old English rich in Latin loan-words. Although the precise number not yet known, it fairly safe assumption there are at least 600 to 700 loan-words English. This compares with 800 borrowed different periods Brittonic languages (Welsh, Cornish, Breton), and 500 early common West Germanic languages. These rather vague overall numbers do lend themselves, however, serious analysis of influence on Celtic languages, because they include borrowing which really comparable each other. The basis these estimates, moreover, often stated very clearly. establishment complete list various desideratum , can only be achieved later stage our studies.
Anglo-Saxon England