Many of our English words come from the Hebrew language, for example the words "map", "napkin" and "apron" actually comes from the same Hebrew word "mappa". Though it has made a few changes over the centuries, the history of these words are easily traced back to their orgins. The Hebrew word mappa means "a cloth". Mappa was adopted by the Latin language for the word "map" becuase at one time, maps were written on cloth. Over time the "m" was replaced by an "n", which was very common as these two letters are sounded with the nose, and became "nappa", a cloth. One type of cloth was used at the dinner table, a "napkin". Another type of cloth was tied around the waist to keep the clothes clean, a "napron". The "n" in "napron" eventually swapped places (a common happening during the formation of words) with the article "a" and became "an apron".

There are many other words that have there root in the Hebrew language. Here are only a few.