Why is English not considered a Romance “language if ~60-80% of words come from latin?
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Old English seems more like German than any Romance language. It wasn’t until later, when the Normans took over that a lot of French and Latin words were added and caused the look and sound of the English language to seem a lot less German.
English is a West Germanic language (*similar to Dutch and Frisian*) but with a lot of Romance words added later.
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