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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.

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Not the whole English language, but it contains many Latin words or words from Latin origin, for example "nobility" came from "nobilitas"

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Spanish and French

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