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- The following are lists of words in the English language that are known as "loanwords" or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages. For Old English-derived words, see List of English words of Anglo-Saxon origin.
* English words of African origin
* List of English words of Afrikaans origin
* List of South African English regionalisms
* List of South African slang words
* List of English words from indigenous languages of the Americas
* List of English words of Arabic origin
* List of Arabic star names
* List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin
* List of English words of Brittonic origin
* Lists of English words of Celtic origin
* List of English words of Chinese origin
* List of English words of Czech origin
* List of English words of Dravidian origin (Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu)
* List of English words of Dutch origin
* List of English words of Afrikaans origin
* List of South African slang words
* List of place names of Dutch origin
* Australian places with Dutch names
* List of English words of Etruscan origin
* List of English words of Finnish origin
* List of English words of French origin
* Glossary of ballet, mostly French words
* List of French expressions in English
* List of English words with dual French and Anglo-Saxon variations
* List of pseudo-French words adapted to English
* List of English Latinates of Germanic origin
* List of English words of Gaulish origin
* List of German expressions in English
* List of pseudo-German words adapted to English
* English words of Greek origin (a discussion rather than a list)
* List of Greek morphemes used in English
* List of English words of Hawaiian origin
* List of English words of Hebrew origin
* List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin
* List of English words of Hungarian origin
* List of English words of Indian origin
* List of English words of Indonesian origin, including from Javanese, Malay (Sumatran) Sundanese, Papuan (West Papua), Balinese, Dayak and other local languages in Indonesia
* List of English words of Irish origin
* List of Irish words used in the English language
* List of English words of Italian origin
* List of Italian musical terms used in English
* List of English words of Japanese origin
* List of English words of Korean origin
* List of Latin words with English derivatives
* List of English words of Malay origin
* List of English words of Māori origin
* List of English words of Niger-Congo origin
* List of English words of Old Norse origin
* List of English words of Persian origin
* List of English words of Philippine origin
* List of English words of Polish origin
* List of English words of Polynesian origin
* List of English words of Portuguese origin
* List of English words of Romani origin
* List of English words of Romanian origin
* List of English words of Russian origin
* List of English words of Sami origin
* List of English words of Sanskrit origin
* List of English words of Scandinavian origin (incl. Danish, Norwegian)
* List of English words of Scots origin
* List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin
* List of English words of Semitic origin
* List of English words of Spanish origin
* List of English words of Swedish origin
* List of English words of Turkic origin
* List of English words of Ukrainian origin
* List of English words of Welsh origin
* List of English words of Yiddish origin
* List of English words of Zulu origin (en)
- 英语借词的詞源很廣泛。由於曾受到法語的影響，英語詞彙在一定程度上大致分為日耳曼詞源（大部分來自古英語），與拉丁語源（由拉丁語而來，大部分來自諾曼法語，有一些也直接從拉丁語借來）。 1973年，Thomas Finkenstaedt與Dieter Wolff出版《Ordered Profusion》，書中發表報告，對舊版《簡明牛津字典》（第三版）中約八萬個單詞進行了電腦化調查。報告結果顯示英語單詞來源如下：
* 法語，包括古法語和早期：28.3%。參見源於法語的英語詞
* 拉丁語：包括現代科技拉丁詞彙：28.24%
* 古英語和中古英語、古挪威語和荷蘭語：25%
* 希臘語：5.32%
* 不詳：4.03%
* 來自專有名詞：3.28%
* 其他語言：小於1% 語言學家James D. Nicoll有一句名言：“維護英語純潔性這種做法的問題出在：英語的純潔度本來就和個娼妓差不多；有時英語還將別的語言追打進小巷，將其擊昏，再從其兜裏搶來新的詞彙。” (zh)
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