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Pretty much all of the words in the English language were derived from European languages.
The word has developed from a number of old European languages, for example old English 'haelp' meaning 'wholeness' and the Old English word 'hal' or 'hale'. Some European words referred to 'helge' as being 'holy or sacred'. The word 'healthy' is recorded in English in the 1550's
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By the inclusion of words from other languages
All languages in which words are inflected variably according to gender, number or case use declension. This includes all the Indo-European languages, even English, although English declension has all but disappeared except in the pronoun.
It is actually not possible to count the exact number of words in any language, because there is no universally accepted definition of what a word is. However, if your definition of an "English word" includes borrowed words, then English has more words than any other language.
"I" and "A" are each the shortest actual English words.Both 'i' and 'I' are the narrowest words while 'a' is the shortest.
Not in English, no. Some Germanic and Proto Indo European based languages and dialects do contain such words.
No, English has more words than Portuguese. English has over 1 million words, while Portuguese has around 250,000 words. However, the number of words in a language is not the only indicator of its complexity or richness.
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The word 'wind' has been part of the English language since Old English, before the Norman Conquest. The words for 'wind' in many Indo-European languages, including Latin 'ventus', come from the same Indo-European root.
The European languages that developed from the Roman empire are Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Romanian. There are also many Latin derived words in English.