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The English language descends from Old English, the West Germanic language of the Anglo-Saxons. Most of its grammar, its core vocabulary and the most common words are Germanic. Around 70 percent of words in a randomly chosen piece of text derive from Old English, even if English vocabulary at large has a greater Romance influence. Wikipedia
