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The phrase “history of English” may give the impression that the past of the English language is the subject at hand here. Meanwhile, the main interest in the field of English language education naturally lies in present-day English that is the object of learning and teaching today. It is unsurprising that some might not see the connection between the “past-oriented” history of English and “present-oriented” English language education, but in fact, the history of English can be considered “present-oriented,” in that, it offers explanations for various irregularities observed in present-day English.
 
In English, there are many groups of words that are linked in terms of meaning (e.g., mind and mental, moon and lunar), but the connection is not morphologically apparent. This “opacity” in the English vocabulary is due to the historical borrowing of a large number of foreign terms into English, resulting in the coexistence of terms of native origin and those of foreign origin (particularly French and Latin) that express similar concepts. For instance, mind and moon are both of English origin, but mental originates from Latin or French, and lunar was borrowed from Latin.
 
The history of the English language provides an explanation for such mysteries or irregularities in pr