“First. Saxon and Danish words of Teutonic and Gothic origin.
“Second. British or Welsh, Cornish and Amoric, which may be considered as of Celtic origin.
“Third. Norman, a mixture of French and Gothic.
“Fourth. Latin, a language formed on the Celtic and Teutonic.
“Fifth. French, chiefly Latin corrupted, but with a mixture of Celtic.
“Sixth. Greek formed on the Celtic and Teutonic, with some Coptic.
“Seventh. A few words directly from the Italian, Spanish, German, and other languages of the Continent.
“Eighth. A few foreign words, introduced by commerce, or by political and literary intercourse.
“Of these, the Saxon words constitute our mother-tongue, being words which our ancestors brought with them from Asia.