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Why is Latin used a lot in English?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

In 1066, William the Conquerer who was Norman French, conquered England, killing Harold, King of England. French, a Romance language, was imposed as the language of state, with Latin the language of the clergy.

This did not change for two hundred years.

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