> in more recent centuries, there's been a tendency to adopt Latin and Greek words for new word formation rather than (as German did) using native words Note t

> in more recent centuries, there's been a tendency to adopt Latin and Greek words for new word formation rather than (as German did) using native words Note that the prevalence of native words in German is the result of a modern reform movement, not something that happened naturally within the language. > [English] never really adopted foreign grammar There's the argument that do-support is borrowed from Celtic.