How is latin related to English?

Answer 1

English is related to Latin in two ways. First, they are both descendants of the "parent speech," Indo-European. English belongs to the Germanic branch of the family and Latin to the Italo-Celtic branch. Important core vocabulary cognates of English and Latin include father/pater, mother/mater, one-two-three/ unum-duum-tres and so on.

Second, Norman French, a heavily germanicized form of late Latin, was fused with the utterly Germanic Old English, becoming Middle English which evolved into our modern speech. In addition to giving us the Norman French words (which almost all derive from Latin), this fusion also grants us direct access to the Latin words themselves. We have many of those words in both French and Latin form. For example, the word counsel comes from the French form of the Latin conciliare, but conciliate was later borrowed directly from the Latin.

Answer 2

English is made up of many languages latin is one of the many languages that contributed to the construction of English. Some of the words in English can be traced to a remote past; some have histories that began yesterday or are even beginning today. Slow changes, swift new coinages of science or slang, ancient or recent borrowing from many tongues; together they give flexibility, power, and beauty to English, the richest and most widespread language of all time.

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