![]() How many of those words and expressions do you know?įind out how you too can become fluent in Latin. But what the Romans left behind, aside from old buildings, fortifications and roads, are ten of thousands of phrases, nouns, verbs and adjectives that are part of everyday English vocabulary. It is true that English grammar has more in common with the Germanic language family than with Latin grammar. Today, English is the Lingua Franca (common language) of most international organisations. The Royal Coat of Arms on a postal coach with the two French mottos (by The Postal Museum).īoth maxims date all the way back from the 14th century and show the deep connection that English monarchs had with France. ![]() "Dieu et mon droit " meaning " God and my right". "Honi soit qui mal y pense " meaning "Shame be to him who evil thinks". Today, two mottos appear on the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom: After the 1066 invasion of England by William the Conqueror, the French Duke of Normandy, Norman (a romance language and old version of French) was established as the official court language. Latin widely disappeared after the Roman Empire left Great Britain and was replaced by Old English. After the Roman Empire collapsed, one invasion after another, Saxons, Angles, Norses, Danes, and French came to populate the U.K. ![]() The reason is simply that Great-Britain's population is made up of many different ethnic groups. ![]() Yes, Latin and French make up for almost two-thirds of every word in the language of Shakespeare, but Old Norse, Old English, and Dutch languages also got incorporated. Another 29% is made of French words.īut to understand how the English language has evolved from its Latin roots, one must pay a closer look at the History of the British Isles. 29% of all English words directly come from the Latin language. ![]()
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