When different cultures collide, the phenomenon of "borrowing" between languages often occurs, and in the course of English history, it borrows a large number of words from many languages. Of the 20,000 or so commonly used words, about 60% are borrowed.
Borrowed from Latin
bonus，education，exit
Borrowed from Greek
tragedy，cycle，physics
From Scandinavian
skirts，corch，scatter
Borrowed from French
prince,question,coup d'état
Borrowed from Spanish
ranch,guitarbar,becue
Borrowed from Italian
balcony，balloon，opera
Borrowed from German
beer，waltz，quartz
Borrowed from Dutch
freight，pump，buoy
Borrowed from Chinese
tea，kowtow，sampan
Borrowed from Russian
sputnik，commissar，vodka
Came in from Arabic
zero，algebra，alcohol
