Loan Words Used in English : A Historical Review and an Analytic Exposure with a Chart Including Some Samples

Abstract

AbstractThe present study is about loan words used in the contemporary English Language. Oxford dictionary defines the term “loan world” as “a word taken into one language from another”. The researchers divide the study into three sections: the first includes the importance of the study explained by three main factors, which will be encountered in the body of the research. The second section includes a historical view; it introduces the history of the English language side by side with the history of England because both are highly interrelated. And samples of loan words coined from other languages are presented in a table, whereas the third section implies results reached during writing this research, conclusions and suggestions for further studies.