English words from Celtic languages
Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh contributed a small set of English words and a large number of place names.
- Excalibur
King Arthur's sword likely started life as the Welsh Caledfwlch. A 12th-century chronicler, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Latinized it into "Caliburnus," a form that happened to echo the Latin word for steel, chalybs. French retellings reshaped the name further over…
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