10 commonly-used, foreign words adopted into the English language
Some of the words we presume as English are actually borrowed from other languages like Japanese, French and Spanish. While the exact number of words adopted still remains a mystery,…
The childish origins of the word ‘infantry’
In the days of antiquity, being in the cavalry was a privilege specifically reserved for those who ranked higher in the social order than the common people. Those who were too young, too inexperienced, or too poor to have a horse, usually ended up i…