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TABLE 4.— TABLE SHOWING STANDING OF LANGUAGES BY 
DERIVATIVE WORDS AMONG THE 5,000 WORDS OF LESS FRE- 
QUENCY IN THORNDIKE’S TEACHER’S WORD BOOK. 
Thorndike’s 
Index Number 
Language 
Total 
9 
8 
7 
6 
5 
4 
3 
Arabic 
1 
1 
7 
2 
5 
6 
3 
25 
Celtic 
5 
4 
4 
5 
3 
6 
3 
30 
Dutch 
2 
2 
8 
6 
7 
8 
7 
40 
English 
120 
115 
150 
179 
233 
270 
217 
1,284 
French 
4 
5 
4 
9 
12 
15 
11 
60 
Greek 
31 
24 
36 
50 
66 
83 
73 
363 
H. German 
2 
5 
13 
7 
14 
17 
16 
74 
L. German 
2 
3 
5 
6 
7 
6 
29 
Latin 
168 
246 
230 
289 
381 
449 
397 
2,160 
Persian 
2 
1 
4 
3 
6 
4 
4 
24 
Scandinavian 
18 
31 
26 
32 
30 
32 
28 
197 
Scattered 
3 
13 
7 
17 
12 
25 
13 
90 
Other Teutonic 
5 
6 
10 
4 
10 
9 
6 
50 
Total 
363 
453 
502 
608 
785 
931 
784 
Grand Total 
4,426 
