Borrowed Words from the Spanish LanguageLorie-Alyssa Williams B4

Brief history of the languages

The English Language• From Indo-European language family tree• Stems from Germanic Branch

• Heavy influence from Old Languages• These would be Germanic, Norse• Romance languages also influenced partially

The Spanish Language• From Indo-European language family tree• Stems from the Italic Branch

• Influenced by Vulgar Latin• This was the spoken Latin

How are these words ‘borrowed’?• Same language ‘tree’, different ‘branch’

• Occasionally a ‘cognate’

• Used as an English word

Wait, cognate?• Recognizable in either language

Cognate: two definitions

Again, how are they borrowed?

• Used as an English word

• Recognizable in either language

• Shared between two languages

Why do we have them?

• Influence felt in sixteenth century

• Acquisition of Puerto Rico

• Movement to New York

• Proximity to Mexico, South America

• Blending of cultures

Examples of borrowed words• Patio

• Comrade

• Ranch

• Plaza

• Tuna

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N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2014.• "History of the English Language." History of English. N.p., n.d. Web. 17

Mar. 2014.• "Indo-European Language Family Tree." Indo-European Language Family

Tree. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2014.• "The English Language." KryssTal : Borrowed Words in English. N.p., n.d.

Web. 17 Mar. 2014.