Is English based on Latin or French?

Is English based on Latin or French?


One thinks that English is based on Latin or French because English has many borrowed words from Latin or Anglo-Norman.


For example, In English, they're including government, delicious, favorite, purchase, enter, imagine, language, participate, etc. They were from French or Latin.


However, They are only existing in borrowed words of English. Many basic words of English is still originated from Proto-West-Germanic.


In here, Pronoun, Number, many prepositions is included in Germanic words. Also, daily words and colloquial words, and dialectal words (UK, Canada) are still originated from Germanic words.


For example, how, where, why, what, who, when (interrogative pronouns) , iron, copper, gold, silver, and


pepper, apple, tree, land, grass, sun, weather, house, saw, mast, ship, fish, snow, foot, arm, ear, fire, water, stone, book, seed, needle, earth, sea, sand, song, etc.


Proto-West-Germanic: *hwō, *hwār, *hwī (P-G), *hwat, *hwaʀ, *hwānne ; *īsarn,  *kopr, *golþ,  *silubr, and *pipar, *applu, *treu, *land, *gras, *sunnā, *wedr, *hūs,

*sagu, *mast, *skip, *fisk, *snaiw, *fōt, *arm, *auʀā, *fuir, *watar, *stain, *bōk, *sād, *nāþlu, *erþu, *saiwi, *samd, *sangu. 


In German, wie, wo, was, wer, wann, and Eisen, Kupfer, Gold, Silber, and Pfeffer, Apfel, Land, Gras, Sonne, Wetter, Haus, Säge, Mast, Schiff, Fisch, Schnee, Fuß, Arm, Ohr, Feuer, Wasser, Stein, Buch, Nadel, Erde, See, Sand.


In Frisian (Sater, w): wo, hoe ; wier, wêr ; wät, wat ; wa(West Frisian) ; wanner (Sater. Frisian) ; Iersen, izer ;

Koper, koper ; Gould, goud ; Säälwer, sulver; Pieper, piper; Appel, apel; Lound, lân; Gäärs; gers ; Sunne, sinne; Weeder, waar; Húus, hûs; Soage, seage; Mast, mêst; Skip, skip; Snee, snie; Fout, foet; Íerm, earm; Oor, ear; Fjúur, fjoer; Woater, wetter; Steen, stien; Bouk, boek; Säid, sied; Näddele, nuddel; Äide, ierde; See, see; 

Sound, sân; Soang, sang. 


Also, irregular strong verbs in English is still originated from West Germanic 


In here, fall, stand, ride, glide, sew, see, be, begin, break,   come, choose, feel, find, have, lead, make, sell, sit, speak, show, go, etc.


In German, these words are to fallen, reiten, gleiten, sehen, sein, beginnen, brechen, kommen, fühlen, finden, haben, leiten, machen, sitzen, sprechen, schauen, gehen,


In Frisian(sater, w), these words are to faale, falle; stounde(Sater) ; riede, ride; gliede, glide; säie (Sater) ; sjo, sjen; weze,wêze; beginne, begjinne; breke, brekke; kume, komme; kjoze, kieze; fäile, fiele; fiende, fine; häbe, hawwe; leede, liede; moakje, meitsje; sitte; spreke, sprekke; skauje, skôgje; geen, gean, etc.


Thus, English is a language in West Germanic like to German and West Frisian, so English is not based on Latin and French.


w:West Frisian


Reference : https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Proto-West_Germanic_lemmas


* Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language]

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