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English Homework Dominic Williams 18th October 2002 The Origins of the English language. Would you be surprised if I told you that the language you and I speak today has actual similarities with Sanskrit (an Indian; middle east Asian language)? Well it's true. English can be compared to a large plum pudding, each ingredient represented by a different language, some more than others. That is why we have such a large choice of words to choose from that can mean the same thing. E.g. fat, plump, stout, portly, tubby and obese. Most of these are of European derivative, like Anglo-Saxon, but the word 'obese' comes from even further afield, from the Romans in fact, the Latin word being 'obesus'. Well that's enough about being overweight (there's another one!), the purpose of this piece of writing is to outline the origins of the English language, while trying not to bore you to death. ...

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