Indeed, about 29% of English vocabulary came from French; yet another 29% are directly from Latin[0]. Take your comment as example: excluding the Anglo-Saxon w

Indeed, about 29% of English vocabulary came from French; yet another 29% are directly from Latin[0]. Take your comment as example: excluding the Anglo-Saxon words, 5 are directly from Latin and 2 from French: Latin words: Latin, Latinus vocabulary, vocabulum directly, directus via, via erudite, eruditus French words: French useful [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_language_influences_in_English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_language_influences_in...