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CanadaSucks (50)
06/16/2008
No, you didn't read this. English comes from a mix of Low German- but the Latin influences really shine through during the Renaissance. . .science and medical terminology leans heavily on Latin because English was, up until that point, an unspectacular language. That's why your body parts are labelled with Latin names- English was too backwards a language and there were no English words for many new discoveries.

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GenghisTheHun (177)
06/16/2008
Probably the majority of the vocabulary of English comes from a Latin Language root since English is a blend of Anglo-Saxon and Norman French. As a gross generalization common words are Saxon and words of art and science are Norman French in orgin. Example in food.


hog (live animal) Saxon---pork (cooked) French


cow (live animal) Saxon--beef (cooked) French


deer (live animal) Saxon--venison (cooked) French


sheep (live animal) Saxon--mutton (cooked) French



Many other such common examples abound.


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lmorovan (16)
06/16/2008
The influence of Latin in the English language goes back all the way to the days of the Roman Empire expansion and occupation of the island of Anglia (England). But the origin and grammar of the language is clearly Anglo-Saxon. A PhD should know that.

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angryjed (2)
12/02/2007
Only partly true - English is about 1/3 Latin based. Pick up a good dictionary and you will see that much of our vocabulary is based upon Latin words and roots. However English is also Germanic as well. but what complicates things is that German Grammar structure is also influenced partly by Latin. And of course the whole thing is moot since these language groups belong to the larger Indo-European Language family and so English, Latin and German share characteristics with Sanskrit.

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