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Share what goes around comes around. Accessed 11 Nov. Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Log in Sign Up. Save Word. Definition of what goes around comes around. What goes around comes around. The Angles came from "Englaland" [ sic ] and their language was called "Englisc" - from which the words "England" and "English" are derived. Germanic invaders entered Britain on the east and south coasts in the 5th century.

The invading Germanic tribes spoke similar languages, which in Britain developed into what we now call Old English. Old English did not sound or look like English today. Native English speakers now would have great difficulty understanding Old English. Nevertheless, about half of the most commonly used words in Modern English have Old English roots. The words be , strong and water , for example, derive from Old English.

Old English was spoken until around The new conquerors called the Normans brought with them a kind of French, which became the language of the Royal Court, and the ruling and business classes. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'near.

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Log in Sign Up. Save Word. Definition of near Entry 1 of 4. Definition of near Entry 2 of 4. At the beginning of , women typically worked as teachers, nurses, and maids, while men were mostly farmers, doctors, lawyers,and bankers.

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