A significant [Latin significant] number[L. numeru, numerare] of words in [L. in] the English vocabulary [L. vocabularius] are directly [L. directus] from Latin [L. Latinus], or are derived [L. derivare] from words in the French language[L. lingua] that have a Latin basis [L. basis].
The French dictionary [L. dictionarius] contains [L. continere] an absolute abundance[L. abundantia absolutus] of words that are clearly [L. clarus] and unquestionably [L. ne quæstionem] of Latin origin. [L. origo-ginis]
Examples [L. exemplum]. of English words/abbreviations [L. breviari] with Latinfoundations [L. fundatio]: e.g. [L. exempli gratia] murmur [L murmurare] applause [L. applausus], condition [L. conditio], digit [L. digitus], verb [L. verbum], money [L. moneta 'mint,money'], etc. [L. et cetara], these being just [L. justus] a few* ad-hoc [L. ad hoc] selections [L. selectus]. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
*'Few': from Old English feawa, from Germanic. faw-. [Compare Old Norse far, Danish faa, Gothic fawai "few"], from Proto-Indo-European pau- "smallness" [Compare. Latin paucus "few/little", paullus "little", pauper "poor", i.e. a person of few/little means.] ----
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Latin has influenced every modern language including English. Most prefixes and suffix in English come from Latin, also a vast amount of our grammar structures are related to Latin.
Not the whole English language, but it contains many Latin words or words from Latin origin, for example "nobility" came from "nobilitas"
There was not a Roman alphabet. There was the Latin alphabet, which was the alphabet of the ancient Romans (they were Latins) and the other Latins. Modern western European languages have adapted and adopted the Latin alphabet. In English the only letters which do not come from the Latin alphabet are J, U and W.
English is a Germanic language which was near the same area as Latin. We also derive a lot of English words from Latin roots.
The English definition of the Latin word celent refers to a third person plural present active subjunctive of celo. You can translate more Latin words to English at the Globse website using the Latin-English dictionary.
Many modern English words are derived from Latin and some that we use are in fact the same "stat" for example is short for "statim" Latin for "quickly". temporal from tempus "time" Ignite from "Ignus" "fire" mountain from "montus" and thousands more.
It is from Latin and Tuesday is from Old English and Monday is from Old English