You can find the full web article, media and transcripts for the lesson here: https://adeptenglish.com/lessons/common-english-words-6/ -You might have heard of the term **we stand on the shoulders of giants**. You might use this term in science, where a new breakthrough idea made possible by the work and discoveries of prior scientific efforts. Well, today we show languages are similar and how common English words have benefited from many languages.