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Today we’re gonna talk about

the difference between Latin and English.

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English is a Germanic language,

while Latin is an Italic language.

neither is a direct ancestor of the other.

Instead, English and Latin

are both members of

the Indo European language family,

with English belonging to the Germanic branch

and Latin belonging to the Italic branch.

As far as the family tree analogy goes,

English and Latin are merely “cousins”.

This cousin relationship is evident in the fact that

some Latin words and their English counterparts

“look similar”.

The English word for father is “father”,

and the Latin word for father is “pater”;

the English word for one is “one”,

and the Latin word for one is “unus”.

Latin was first spoken by the Romans.

It derives its name from Latium in Italy,

the region the Romans lived in.

With the Roman invasion,

languages took on the influence

of Latin and soon the Romance languages of

Italian,

French,

Spanish,

Portuguese and Romanian

had very strong links and roots

in the Latin language.

Latin has heavily influenced

the development of English for centuries.

Anglo Saxon English or Old English

borrowed many Latin words.

These were either used directly

or through French Latin words.

The Norman Conquest

was the catalyst for the influence of Latin

in the development of English

and there are still many words

which are wholly related to Latin

or part words which have their origins

stretching back many centuries.

Certain groups of words

owe their origin to Latin.

These include:

Animals

Physiology

Sociology

Astronomy

There are also many words that still exist

where there is an indirect link to Latin.

These are words which

are often taken from the Romance languages

and have seen adaptation over time

through changes in spelling

or pronunciation.

Of the current Shorter Oxford Dictionary,

almost 29% of the words

in the English language have direct Latin roots.

Add the 28% which come from French

and Old Norman

and 25% which come from Germanic words

which themselves have Romance language

and Latin origins,

this adds up to a huge amount of modern English

having either pure Latin as the primary concept

of the word or a very strong link through the

borrowing or adaptation of Latin-linked languages.

Proof indeed that Latin is still

very much part of our lives.

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