Evolution and Influence in the English Lexicon

With the power that the internet has been able to retain within the last two decades, words are being introduced to the English language and added to the oxford dictionary on a yearly basis. However, there was a time where words were being borrowed from other counties as men began migrating and exploring different lands. With the increase of movement, there was also a movement of language. This movement molded certain words into different spellings and with time, shifted their definitions. In this paper, I will analyze the way words are introduced into the English language. In particular, I note the different places where certain English words have been borrowed from and how words are often named after people and/or places. I also note how certain words are introduced into the English lexicon based on the different features that the object which they represent

With the language having a later start than many other languages, the origin of many different English words have been borrowed from different countries. Some examples of the constant borrowing of words from different languages is how words such as giraffe, harem, and algebra, which all originated from Arabic, but are extremely common to the English language. A second example of the way that words travel from each continent are the words they and them. These third person plural pronouns are taught to kids that speak English even before they enter school, but the two words did not originate from Old English. They were actually introduced to the English language from Scandinavian around the decade of 1200-1209. Then there are words such as nebulous and plethora that have a European origin from the French and Latin languages but weren’t recorded as being used in the English language until the early 20th