HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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English is a Romance Language and comes directly from Latin.
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English uses the same letters and numbers as Latin.
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Many common English words, phrases, and scientific terminology come from Latin.
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Since English developed in a different region of the world, Latin had little influence on it.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Latin was important due to it being the language of the Roman Republic and the eventual Roman Empire. As the power of Rome expanded, so did the extent of the use of Latin. This is how Latin eventually became a lingua franca, the language of business, government, and general communication, in the ancient world.
Detailed explanation-2: -About 70% of our english words come from Latin. This alone make Latin the most important language to influence English. For example, the word, promise, comes from “pro-mitto, ‘’ meaning to send before. Here are some more examples: word = verbum; canine = canis; college =collegium.
Detailed explanation-3: -LATIN INFLUENCE ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE. BORROWINGS FROM LATIN. Anglo-Saxons received an enormous boost when Christianity brought its huge Latin vocabulary to England in AD 597.
Detailed explanation-4: -Influence of Latin on Old English. Before the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes migrated to Britain, they traded and fought with the Latin-speaking Roman Empire (Gramley). As a result, the Germanic tribes adopted many Latin words for common objects, food, trade, and military practices into their vocabulary.