Latin Words in English Renaissance On this website, you can read a passage of the book "Latin words in the English Renaissance - A survey with emphasis on socio-cultural aspects", written by Mathias Wick. You can have a great brief summary on the historical factors which made this influence happen. The pity is that there isn't the complete text - but to those who were interested on it, the book's available to be purchased by Internet.
History in English Words
This is another online book of which only few pages can be read, by Owen Barfield. It is interesting though, gives a nice taste of English history, and those who liked the book can buy it online.
The History of the English Language
This is another book sample about the history of English written by Oliver Farrar Emerson, that mentions, of course, the influence of Latin. On the pages that can be seen, there's many detailed description about the origins and the outside influences English had, including phonetical and lexical.
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