many cultures have contributed to modern english. in the fifth century ,Anglo-saxons from continental europe who spoke a garmanic tongue invaded the british isles. therefore ,english contains various basic words that derive from garman.for instance ,the english words home and garden descend from the garman heim and garden ,respective.
the french conquest of england changed english significantly.first ,because french was originally a latin dialect,many latin prefixes ,suffixes ,and root entered english .second,many french words related to food ,fation ,the art ,and govement enriched the english vocabulary.some new words replaced their germanic counter parts:others coexisted with them as synonyms .
