My now retired Rov gave a lecture on the book that you mentioned, and it is really fascinating. There are so many cognates in the English (and other) language(s) from Hebrew. The author posits that ALL words derive from Hebrew, which makes sense as that is the language Hashem created first. One of the most interesting words we use today is “copacetic,” and it derives from the Hebrew expression “Hakol b’seder” which was heard by American soldiers when speaking to Israeli military. The Americans asked if everything was ok, and the Israelis answered back hakol b’seder, which the Americans fractured as everything being “copacetic.”
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