What are examples of English words of Anglo-Saxon origin?

Anglo-Saxon Words. Posted by Collins Language @ Thursday 29 March 2012. Old English. Old English, or Anglo-Saxon as it is also known, is the oldest form of English. read more

Below is the list of English words of native origin, in other words, words inherited directly from the Anglo-Saxon, or Old English, stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Anglo-Saxon roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.). read more

Old English Old English, or Anglo-Saxon as it is also known, is the oldest form of English. The original speakers of ‘English’ came from the part of Europe that is now Germany and Denmark in the form of three tribes called the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes. read more