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    The Anglo-Saxons loved compound words. The vocabulary of Old English (and just before that) was very small, so putting words together was necessary for building more complex concepts.

    English, a Germanic tongue carried into Britain by the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Frisians, has been influenced by:

    • Celtic languages
    • A tiny bit of Pictish
    • Old Norse
    • Latin
    • Greek
    • Norman Old French (a dialect somewhat distinct from the rest of Frankia)
    • Plenty of other things
    • Karyoplasma
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      My favorite English compound word is bookkeeper. 3 consecutive double letters.

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          I once saw on an italian restaurant menu the word Taramasalata. I am not sure why but it was very amusing to me that every second letter was ‘a’