Context: Old English contained a certain number of loanwords from Latin, which was the scholarly and diplomatic lingua franca of Western Europe. It is sometimes possible to give approximate dates for the borrowing of individual Latin words based on which patterns of sound change they have undergone. Some Latin words had already been borrowed into the Germanic languages before the ancestral Angles and Saxons left continental Europe for Britain. More entered the language when the Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity and Latin-speaking priests became influential. It was also through Irish Christian missionaries that the Latin alphabet was introduced and adapted for the writing of Old English, replacing the earlier runic system. Nonetheless, the largest transfer of Latin-based (mainly Old French) words into English occurred after the Norman Conquest of 1066, and thus in the Middle English rather than the Old English period.

Question: From what language did Old English borrow some words?
Answer: Latin

Question: What individuals introduced the Latin alphabet to the speakers of Old English?
Answer: Irish Christian missionaries

Question: Before the introduction of the Latin alphabet, how was Old English written?
Answer: runic system

Question: After the Norman Conquest, Latin words entered English via what language?
Answer: Old French

Question: In what year did the Norman Conquest occur?
Answer: 1066

Question: What contains loan words from Western Europe?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When were words borrowed from the Germanic languages?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When did English influence Latin words?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who introduced the Irish language?
Answer: Unanswerable