The author vastly overstates the contribution of Latin and Greek to the languages of the world and exaggerates in the case of English. While it is true that the Romance languages and dialects are direct descendants of Latin, its influence on the non-Romance languages of Europe is not as great; the influence of the two upon non-Indo European languages considerably less significant.

Furthermore, a majority of English words of Romance derivation come, not directly from Latin, but by way of Old Norman French, due to a suspension of British Isles immigration quotas known as the Battle of Hastings. It was not until the Renaissance, when Modern English was pretty much in its early adulthood, th...

The author vastly overstates the contribution of Latin and Greek to the languages of the world and exaggerates in the case of English. While it is true that the Romance languages and dialects are direct descendants of Latin, its influence on the non-Romance languages of Europe is not as great; the influence of the two upon non-Indo European languages considerably less significant.

Furthermore, a majority of English words of Romance derivation come, not directly from Latin, but by way of Old Norman French, due to a suspension of British Isles immigration quotas known as the Battle of Hastings. It was not until the Renaissance, when Modern English was pretty much in its early adulthood, that words began entering the vocabulary directly from Latin and Greek due to the rise in literacy thanks to printing and the secularization of education with Latin becoming, not only the language of the church, but the language of scholars.

Furthermore, English is a shameless trollop when it comes to vocabulary. It promiscuously gives birth to new words by shamelessly bedding down with other languages. If you look at the list of the 100 languages with the largest numbers of speakers, it's hard to find a language English hasn't stolen from: "ketchup" is Malay; "pajama" is Persian; "paprika" is Hungarian; "sauna" is Finnish (and none of those is Indo-European). Smaller languages are not exempt: "taboo" is Fijian; "llama", "powwow", "tomahawk" and a host of North American place names all come from various Native American languages (I'm willing to bet "Wasilla" is Aleut or Inuit).

Finally, of the list of 207 basic words in English, over 90% remain true to their Germanic Anglo-Saxon origin.