English is an agglomerative language. Italian is heavily derived from Latin but English has Norse, Teutonic, Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, French and Latin roots (may have missed some) plus more than a soupcon of aboriginal and oriental, Spanish, French and Italian, German, etc.,etc. words. In addition, the words of Latin derivation came from the Church, the Latin brought into French, changed, and given us by the Norman invasion, scholarly Latin, and the Latin invented by scientists to apply in botany, zoology, etc. KatL. missed a good one on bow- bow in the hair, bow the violin, bow and arrow, and the other bow (bough), bow of a ship, bow to a monarch, etc. I have heard experienced newscasters miss on that one. Now add all of the dialects such as Australian, Scots, Celtic, Yorkshire, Cockney and what H. L. Mencken called "The American Language" (see his book) and we have a real OLLA PODRIDA. It is what makes the English language the business language of the world because it is so flexible and encompassing. I also think it is what makes the language interesting and fun!