Borrowed words, rediscovered words,
invented words--during the Golden Age, English absorbed them all. Words from North America
entered the vocabulary, too, after the English began to travel to the New World in the 16th century.
Early English settlers in North America used words from Native American languages to describe
plants, animals, and other features unfamiliar to them. They also adopted words that
related to native North American cultures. Some of those still in use in modern English include--