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Rank	Topic	Wikipedia views
1	List of French words and phrases used by English speakers	5,448
2	List of Greek words with English derivatives	2,104
3	List of Latin words with English derivatives	1,611
4	List of English words of Yiddish origin	1,483
5	List of German expressions in English	1,232
6	List of English words of Spanish origin	897
7	Lists of English loanwords by country or language of origin	862
8	List of English words of French origin	843
9	List of English words of Indian origin	683
10	List of English words of Sanskrit origin	640
11	List of Arabic loanwords in English	637
12	List of English words of Dutch origin	619
13	List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin	399
14	List of English words of Italian origin	361
15	List of English words of Russian origin	320
16	List of English words of Irish origin	288
17	List of English words of Persian origin	282
18	List of English words of Tamil origin	274
19	List of English words of Old Norse origin	271
20	List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin	256
21	List of English words of Japanese origin	252
22	List of English words of Chinese origin	231
23	List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English	219
24	List of English words from indigenous languages of the Americas	212
25	Foreign language influences in English	171
26	List of English words of African origin	162
27	List of English words of Korean origin	148
28	List of English words of Hawaiian origin	137
29	List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin	132
30	List of English words of Hebrew origin	108
31	List of English words of Turkic origin	104
32	List of English words of Norwegian origin	87
33	Irish words used in the English language	84
34	List of English words of Portuguese origin	79
35	List of English words of Hungarian origin	79
36	List of English words of Polish origin	70
37	List of South African English regionalisms	70
38	List of English words of Afrikaans origin	68
39	List of English words of Finnish origin	67
40	List of English words of Malay origin	56
41	List of English words of Swedish origin	55
42	List of English words of Gaulish origin	52
43	List of English words of Etruscan origin	49
44	List of English words of Scots origin	39
45	List of English words of Māori origin	36
46	List of English words of Czech origin	28
47	French words and phrases used by English speakers	less than 5 views
48	Greek words with English derivatives	less than 5 views
49	Latin words with English derivatives	less than 5 views
50	German expressions in English	less than 5 views
51	English words of Dutch origin	less than 5 views
52	English words of Russian origin	less than 5 views
53	English words from indigenous languages of the Americas	less than 5 views
54	English words of Polish origin	less than 5 views
55	English words of Japanese origin	less than 5 views
56	English words of Italian origin	less than 5 views
57	English words of French origin	less than 5 views
58	English words of Chinese origin	less than 5 views
59	English words of Australian Aboriginal origin	less than 5 views
60	English words of Swedish origin	less than 5 views
61	Arabic loanwords in English	less than 5 views
62	English words of African origin	less than 5 views
63	English words of Etruscan origin	less than 5 views
64	English words of Portuguese origin	less than 5 views
65	English words of Hindi or Urdu origin	less than 5 views
66	English words of Scots origin	less than 5 views
67	English words of Spanish origin	less than 5 views
68	English words of Czech origin	less than 5 views
69	English words of Indian origin	less than 5 views
70	English words of Irish origin	less than 5 views
71	English words of Scottish Gaelic origin	less than 5 views
72	English words of Hebrew origin	less than 5 views
73	English words of Afrikaans origin	less than 5 views
74	English words of Norwegian origin	less than 5 views
75	English words of Yiddish origin	less than 5 views
76	English words of Turkic origin	less than 5 views
77	English words of Hawaiian origin	less than 5 views
78	English words of Sanskrit origin	less than 5 views
79	English words of Tamil origin	less than 5 views
80	English words of Hungarian origin	less than 5 views
81	English words of Māori origin	less than 5 views
82	English words of Persian origin	less than 5 views
83	Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English	less than 5 views
84	English words of Finnish origin	less than 5 views
85	English words of Korean origin	less than 5 views
86	English words of Old Norse origin	less than 5 views
87	English words of Malay origin	less than 5 views
88	South African English regionalisms	less than 5 views
89	English words of Gaulish origin	less than 5 views
90	English words of Sami origin	less than 5 views
91	English words of Slovak origin	less than 5 views
92	English words of Welsh origin	less than 5 views
93	English words of Romanian origin	less than 5 views
94	English words of Serbo-Croatian origin	less than 5 views
95	English words of Ukrainian origin	less than 5 views
96	English words of Tagalog origin	less than 5 views
97	English words of Indonesian origin	less than 5 views
98	Arabic star names	less than 5 views
99	English words of Scandinavian origin	less than 5 views
100	Pseudo-German words adapted to English	less than 5 views
101	Pseudo-French words adapted to English	less than 5 views
102	English words of Semitic origin	less than 5 views
103	English Latinates of Germanic origin	less than 5 views
104	English words with dual French and Anglo-Saxon variations	less than 5 views

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