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Pretty much all of the words in the English language were derived from European languages.
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What European languages developed from Rome's empire?
The European languages that developed from the Roman empire are Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Romanian. There are also many Latin derived words in English.
What language is Afrikaans derived from?
Afrikaans is derived from Dutch, with influences from Malay, Portuguese, Khoisan languages, and Bantu languages.
Afrikaans is an Indo-European language?
Yes it is. It is derived from Dutch which is part of the West Germanic Languages and along with most European languages is part of the Indo-European group
Is afrikaans an indo-language?
Yes it is. It is derived from Dutch which is part of the West Germanic Languages and along with most European languages is part of the Indo-European group
Where did the words for french months come from?
Western European countries derived from the fragments of the former Roman Empire and of course their languages were base in the Latin language that was in use at the time.
What is the difference between Romance languages such as Spanish and Somali?
Latin-derived languages such as Spanish are Indo-European whereas Somali is a Cushitic language
Is any of Latin derived from Greek?
Latin borrowed a large number of words from Greek, but it's not accurate to say that Latin itself is derived from Greek. The two languages are separate developments from a common source, which is known today as Proto-Indo-European. ?????? YOU CAN SAY THAT BUT I KNOW PEOPLE WHO CAN PROVE THAT A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF THE LATIN WORDS ARE DERIVED FROM GREEK
How is Latin adopted in civilization?
The Romance languages (one group of many human languages) are derived from Latin. Many Latin words are borrowed directly from Latin into other languages, and many abbreviations are derived from their Latin roots.
What European languages originated from latin?
Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian. These are known as the Romance languages and are derived from Vulgar Latin between the 6th and 9th centuries.
What languages Derived from Latin?
Latin is derived from a language known as Proto-Italic, which gave rise to Latin and other extinct languages once spoken in Italy such as Oscan, Umbrian and Faliscan. Proto-Italic, in its turn, was one of the offspring of Proto-Indo-European, the ancestor of most of the modern-day European languages along with languages of western and southern Asia such as Kurdish, Farsi, Pashto and Hindi. Proto-Italic and Proto-Indo-European were never recorded, but are known by historical inference from their attested daughter languages.
Why is the color brown called brown?
The word brown, in many Indo-European languages is derived from the Sanskrit word babhru.
What is kangaroo in aboriginal language?
There are many words for kangaroo in the Australian aboriginal language. The Aborigines of Australia had over 250 languages between their 600+ cultural groups prior to European settlement.The most commonly known word is gangurru. It is the word from which "kangaroo" is derived.
