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Heh. Still changed the last sentence a lot despite being intentionally all French-Latin to begin with, besides a couple unavoidable articles and prepositions.



I asked GPT4 to annotate the origin of each word and it did remarkably well:

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If - Old English "gif" (Proto-Germanic origin)

you've - contraction of "you" (Old English "eow" - Proto-Germanic origin) and "have" (Old English "habban" - Proto-Germanic origin)

ever - Old English "ǣfre" (Proto-Germanic origin)

wondered - Old English "wundrian" (Proto-Germanic origin)

why - Old English "hwī" (Proto-Germanic origin)

English - Old English "Englisc" (Proto-Germanic origin)

is - Old English "is" (Proto-Germanic origin)

described - Latin "describere" (through Old French "descrire")

as - Old English "alswa" (Proto-Germanic origin)

a - Old English "ān" (Proto-Germanic origin) Germanic - Latin "germanicus" (through Old French "germanique")

language - Latin "lingua" (through Old French "langage")

despite - Latin "despectus" (through Old French "despit")

so - Old English "swā" (Proto-Germanic origin)

much - Old English "mycel" (Proto-Germanic origin)

obvious - Latin "obvius" (through Old French "ovious")

French - Old English "frencisc" (Proto-Germanic origin)

and - Old English "and" (Proto-Germanic origin)

Latin - Latin "Latinus" (through Old French "latin")

influence - Latin "influere" (through Old French "enfluence")

this - Old English "þis" (Proto-Germanic origin)

is - Old English "is" (Proto-Germanic origin)

why - Old English "hwī" (Proto-Germanic origin)

something - Old English "sum þing" (Proto-Germanic origin)

like - Old English "līc" (Proto-Germanic origin)

this - Old English "þis" (Proto-Germanic origin)

is - Old English "is" (Proto-Germanic origin)

just - Latin "iustus" (through Old French "juste")

not - Old English "nāwiht" (Proto-Germanic origin)

possible - Latin "possibilis" (through Old French "possible")

with - Old English "wiþ" (Proto-Germanic origin)

almost - Old English "eallmǣst" (Proto-Germanic origin)

100% - numeral and symbol, not applicable for etymology

French/Latin - see words 17 and 19 for etymology

vocabulary - Latin "vocabulum" (through Old French "vocabulaire")

the - Old English "þē" (Proto-Germanic origin)

way - Old English "weg" (Proto-Germanic origin)

thoughts - Old English "þōht" (Proto-Germanic origin)

are - Old English "ar" (Proto-Germanic origin)

stacked - Old Norse "stakkr" (Proto-Germanic origin)

up - Old English "upp" (Proto-Germanic origin)

and - Old English "and" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    laid - Old English "lecgan" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    out - Old English "ūt" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    is - Old English "is" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    at - Old English "æt" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    heart - Old English "heorte" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    done - Old English "dōn" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    like - Old English "līc" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    in - Old English "in" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    the - Old English "þē" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    other - Old English "ōþer" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    Germanic - Latin "germanicus" (through Old French "germanique")

    tongues - Old English "tunge" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    In - Old English "in" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    contradiction - Latin "contradictio" (through Old French "contradiccion")

    the - Old English "þē" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    Latinate - Latin "Latīnātus" (through Old French "latinat")

    superstrate - Latin "superstratus" (through Old French "superstrat")

    remains - Latin "remanēre" (through Old French "remanoir")

    to - Old English "tō" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    the - Old English "þē" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    present - Latin "praesent" (through Old French "present")

    an - Old English "ān" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    imported - Latin "importare" (through Old French "importer")

    affectation - Latin "affectatio" (through Old French "affectacion")

    frequently - Latin "frequens" (through Old French "frequent")

    incompletely - Latin "in" + "completus" (through Old French "incomplet")

    comprehended - Latin "comprehendere" (through Old French "comprendre")

    by - Old English "bī" (Proto-Germanic origin)

    normally - Latin "normalis" (through Old French "normal")

    fluent - Latin "fluens" (through Old French "fluent")

    audiences - Latin "audientia" (through Old French "audience")




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