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OpenStudy (peterg2001):

In its development, English borrowed heavily from which language? Latin Dutch Chinese @mrsholmes @lnicole66967

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Not sure.. but i think Latin

OpenStudy (anonymous):

By far the most common, as one might expect, appears to be where a word of English origin is adopted but changed morphologically to reflect the norms of other languages. Sometimes this takes place through straightforward translation, as in for example the English terms home page and firewall becoming thuispagina and vuurwal in Dutch.

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