> If you take away the words brought in by immigrants and invaders there is very little recognizable left. This is not true at all. Most of the core vocabulary

> If you take away the words brought in by immigrants and invaders there is very little recognizable left. This is not true at all. Most of the core vocabulary is derived from Old English. We’ve borrowed a ton of vocabulary to expand new concepts, but the core has remained relatively stable. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Old_English_origin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Old...