Because it was the language of Rome and the Romans conquered most of the lands surrounding the Mediterranean, spreading their language and culture.
Many languages today, including French and Italian, are based on Latin. Latin was the language of the Roman Empire and its influence can be seen in vocabulary, grammar, and even pronunciation in these modern Romance languages.
latin
The majority of languages in the world with an alphabet are based on the Latin alphabet. Virtually all of the countries of North America, South America, Australia, and Western Europe use the Latin Alphabet. A Notable exception is Greece, which uses the Greek alphabet.
latin based languages i guess
romance
There are many languages based on Latin. They are called romance languages. The five mains ones are Italian, Spanish, French, Romanian and Portuguese. Others include Occitan, Catalan, Sardinian, Sicilian, Galician, Corsican, Andalusian, Gourdinian, Asturian, Rumansch and others. Some of them are now extinct, like the Dalmatian language. Interlingua is a constructed language based on Latin and the romance languages.
All romance languages branched off from Latin.
latin
Many English words came from Latin like many other languages use older languages for their own. Much of English that comes from Latin comes from French, which even older than English, and heavily based on Latin.
Latin
The Romance languages are all based on Latin, since they all evolved from Latin. There are dozens of Romance languages, but most are no longer spoken. The most common living Romance languages are:AragoneseAromanianArpitanAsturianCatalanCorsicanEmiliano-RomagnoloFrenchFriulanGalicianItalianLadinoLeoneseLombardMirandeseNeapolitanOccitanPiedmontesePortugueseRomanianRomanshSardinianSicilianSpanishVenetianWalloon
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.