... forth; a word s meaning might turn from negative to posi-tive—but the reverse takes place as well. A rock picks up sedimentand what once was a translucent marble, today is a squalid lump,barely ... India,they acquired shampoo (from Hindi champee, literally, head-massage).English also got pundit, guru, pariah, nabob, punch, veranda, andnumerous other words from Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, and ... otherIndian languages. Those languages, in turn, helped themselves towords from English.When a train stops, in all languages in India, itstops at a station.In trade, travel, communication, exploration,...