“Building a Better Vocabulary” S:1 E:34 Words English Borrowed and Never Returned

S:1 E:34 Words English Borrowed and Never Returned English is notorious for being an omnivorous language. Substantially more than half of English vocabulary is from languages other than its Anglo-Saxon ancestor, Old English. Why do words get borrowed, and how do these words eventually settle in and become just as familiar as English ones? Find out here.