THOUSANDS of words come from Latin.
Again, I teach Spanish so showing students the roots of words and similarities between English and Spanish ~ Latin is what I get paid to do!
The majority of "low" "peasantish" type words come to English from German or Celtic languages
"Higher" vocab words tend to come from Latin
Ex. English word green --> German gruen
English word verdant --> Latin verdi
Ex. English word dog --> German dogge
English word canine --> Latin canis
Poultry also comes from pullus. Now in Spanish, chicken is "pollo." The genus name Gallus comes from a Latin word for comb and "gallo" and "gallina" mean Comb and Little Comb respectively in Spanish or ... rooster and hen
I could go on and on
Again, I teach Spanish so showing students the roots of words and similarities between English and Spanish ~ Latin is what I get paid to do!
The majority of "low" "peasantish" type words come to English from German or Celtic languages
"Higher" vocab words tend to come from Latin
Ex. English word green --> German gruen
English word verdant --> Latin verdi
Ex. English word dog --> German dogge
English word canine --> Latin canis
Poultry also comes from pullus. Now in Spanish, chicken is "pollo." The genus name Gallus comes from a Latin word for comb and "gallo" and "gallina" mean Comb and Little Comb respectively in Spanish or ... rooster and hen
I could go on and on
