non-Germanic
Not from Teutonic
Non-Germanic describes languages, peoples, or cultural elements that don't belong to the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages.
English, German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages are Germanic; French, Italian, and Russian are non-Germanic.
In discussions of English vocabulary, non-Germanic usually means words borrowed from Latin, French, or Greek rather than inherited from Old English: The text uses mostly non-Germanic vocabulary.
Latin-descended language group
- LatinAncient Roman language
- GreekOf Athenian origin
- SlavicOf certain Eastern Europeans
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
borrowed · loanword · etymology · vocabulary · lexicon · French · Italian · Spanish
Sea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- foreignFrom another nation
- importedObtained from overseas
classical · ancient · Renaissance · multicultural · diverse · international · ethnic · indigenous
Worldly and cultured
- polysyllabicHaving many syllables
- academicRelating to education or theory
- formalFollowing strict protocol
- literaryOf written works
scientific · technical · medical · legal · philosophical · abstract · eloquent · elevated
Defeating and seizing control
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- Norman1066 England conqueror
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- empireDomain under unified control
colonization · trade · migration · religious · ecclesiastical · monastery · scripture · manuscript
Romance
Latin-descended language group
Celtic · borrowed · loanword · etymology · vocabulary · lexicon · French · Italian · Spanish · Hebrew
Mediterranean
Sea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- foreignFrom another nation
imported · classical · ancient · Renaissance · multicultural · diverse · international · ethnic · indigenous · colonial
sophisticated
Worldly and cultured
- polysyllabicHaving many syllables
- academicRelating to education or theory
- formalFollowing strict protocol
literary · scientific · technical · medical · legal · philosophical · abstract · eloquent · elevated · learned
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
empire · colonization · trade · migration · religious · ecclesiastical · monastery · scripture · manuscript · translation
non-GermanicGermanic
Of Teutonic language stock
Teutonic · Anglo-Saxon · Norse · Old English · Proto-Germanic
non-GermanicAnglo-Saxon
Pre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
vernacular · Old English · Teutonic · earthy · homely