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Latin Influence on English
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LAT.006 Latin Influence on English
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A dictionary gives these notes: hearth, Old English and Proto-Germanic; furnace, Middle English through French from Latin fornax; incinerate, a later learned Latin formation. Which summary is best?
A
All three are inherited Germanic because they relate to heat.
B
All three are direct Classical Latin words.
C
The set contains an inherited Germanic word, an indirect French-mediated Latin borrowing, and a learned Latinate borrowing.
D
Hearth is Latin-derived, while furnace and incinerate are Old English.
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