International words
It is often the case that a word is borrowed by several languages. Such words usually convey concepts which are significant in the field of communication.
Many of them are of Latin and Greek origin. Most names of sciences are international, e.g. philosophy, mathematics, chemistry, biology, linguistics, lexicology. There are also numerous terms of art in this group: music, theatre, drama, artist. Political terms also frequently occur in the international group of borrowings: politics, policy, revolution, progress, comminism.
20th c. scientific and technological advances brought a great number of new international words: atomic, radio, television, sputnik. The latter is a Russian borrowing.
The English language also contributed a considrable number of international words to world languages. Among them the sports terms occupy a prominent position: football, volley-ball, baseball, tennis, golf, etc.
Fruits and foodstuffs imported from exotic countries often transport their names too and become international: coffee, cocoa, chocolate, coca-cola, banana, mango.
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