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What is the purpose of language?
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COMMUNICATION
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Why does Eng have more words than any other language?
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Eng used to be Germanic lang. It shares much of its grammer and vocab w/ german & dutch lang. Then it was hugely influenced by french and latin. All of these words combined (w/ anglo-saxon too)
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10 words w/ anglo-saxon origin
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cot, ham***
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What is your forgotten eng. word?
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besom
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what is besom?
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a broom made of twigs tied around a stick
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What is the origin of besom?
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Old English, used to be besma
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