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Select all words from this list that have an Anglo-Saxon origin.

A. mother
B. father
C. friend
D. sheep
E. he
F. aroma
G. me
H. president
I. decade
J. sphere
K. the
L. pizza
M. is

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Anglo-Saxon were a cultural group of people that lived in Great Britain around the 5th century. That being said, words with an Anglo-Saxon origin are those that were used by this groups many years ago but in a different way than we use them now in modern English. Some of those words from this list are:

Anglo-Saxon word Modern English word

- Fæder - Father

- Modor - Mother

- Wine - Friend

- Sceap - Sheep

- Is

- He

- Me


The answer is: A, B, C, D, E, G and M

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