> Actually this borrowing is far older than the British Empire. You're quite right. I wasn't suggesting that the borrowing occurred during the British empire (

> Actually this borrowing is far older than the British Empire. You're quite right. I wasn't suggesting that the borrowing occurred during the British empire (I don't think they conquered anywhere that spoke latin). I was suggesting that the empire imported the occasional word from a list of nations and languages too long to list: >> _On top of these fundamental contributions_, it borrowed quite a few words from the four corners of the earth