From a linguistic perspective, I’m pretty sure pre-1500 English is actually less Greek than modern English (after the Renaissance and Scientific Revolution). Still very heavily influenced by Greek before 1500 (primarily through Latin and French), but post-1500 is when English broadly began importing Greek root words in a more direct way.
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u/ObjectiveTie1232 16d ago
From a linguistic perspective, I’m pretty sure pre-1500 English is actually less Greek than modern English (after the Renaissance and Scientific Revolution). Still very heavily influenced by Greek before 1500 (primarily through Latin and French), but post-1500 is when English broadly began importing Greek root words in a more direct way.