Question

Write a note on the Scandinavian influence on the English vocabulary.
Why, do you think has the influence been described as democratic?
Discuss the nature and extent of the Latin influence on English from
the Pre-Christian Era to the recent times.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The two ways in which the Romans influenced the English language in its first stages would be that Old English borrowed several terms from the language of the Romans, and the Anglo-Saxons adapted the Latin alphabet to write their own language. ... Saxons and Angles did not live in a vacuum on the Continent.Because of the immigration from Scandinavia, the language the newcomers spoke had a big influence on the English language. It is difficult to say if it was the Danes or Norwegians who affected the English language the most because the two languages are so similar.3 Answers. English (and most other Western-European languages) adopted many words from Latin and Greek throughout history, because especially Latin was the Lingua Franca all through Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and later.