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jbattle on June 24, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: UK votes to leave EU

some significant portion of English is descended from Latin as well

vetinari on June 24, 2016 [–]

Some significant portion of English is descended from French (which is descendant from Latin).

Edit: But taking some vocabulary from language does not mean being descendant. Half of the world uses the term "e-mail", but they still are not English.

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