One of the stepping stones for the English language is grammar, which ironically enough is a word that was borrowed from Greece. The word grammar is derived from γραμματικὴ τέχνη (grammatikḕ téchnē), In English the word [gram|mar]. In Greek the word that represents correct spelling has a lot more vowels and complexity. In English, the word grammar was shortened and only has two syllables when in Greek the syllables are doubled. This word that is so important to not only the English language, but to every language in the world was borrowed and simplified along the way, which is an amazing feat for language in general, representing the power it possesses all over the world.