The main idea of this passage is that ______.
most of today’s commonEnglish military terms dated from the sixteenth century or later
a study of theEnglish vocabulary shows the important part which war has played in the history ofEngland
many French words borrowed intoEnglish during the MiddleAges have since disappeared from the language
many military terms used inEnglish were originally borrowed from French, some as early as the MiddleAges