Word: tauttog
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Dates: during 1894-1894
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...Saxon does not seem to have ever been very good at acquiring languages. The number of words derived from the Celtic which are preserved in English is perhaps not greater than those which (like hominy, quahaug, pogie, tauttog, and a few others) our American English has caught from the Indians. Compared with the great mass of our language, the number of words of Norman introduction is also very small. Chaucer shows the tendency of the two dialects of court and country to coalesce and form a new language. The almost contemporary poem of Piers Ploughman, written for popular effect...
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