Few English words are known to come directly from Brittonic. More can be proven to derive from Gaulish, which arrived through Norman French, often strengthened in form and use by Church/state Latin.
This list omits words of Celtic origin coming from later forms of Brittonic and intermediate tongues:
- See Gaulish (e.g. ambassador, bound, car, carpenter, piece), via Norman/Old French
- Other Continental Celtic (e.g. down), via Germanic[1]
- See List of English words of Welsh origin a list which includes Cornish (e.g. coracle; crag; corgi (type of dog), likely flannel; likely gull (type of bird), iron, lawn, wrasse (type of fish))
- See Gaelic (e.g. keening, bog, bother, hubbub, glen, clan)
- See Breton (chiefly local terms in archaeology: dolmen, menhir)
- ^ Douglas Harper, "Online Etymology Dictionary" – down (n.2), retrieved Mar. 1, 2014.