The importance of Latin

Ancient:

Spoken by the Romans, who conquered a large area in Europe.

Modern:

• Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Rumanian are simple modern Latin.
• Many words in common use in these language come from original Latin form.
• No influence in Swizerland and Austria but in South America & part of North America.

English

Half of English words are derived from Greek & Latin.

New words

• Name of inventions
• Special terms used in chemistry, botany, physics and other scientific studies.

Law & medicine

Form of English derivatives from Latin:

Most of the words derivatives from Latin to English changed in their forms. Their meanings retain the same or nearly the same meaning as in the original Latin.