![]() ![]() The Angles, Saxon and Jutes, were the Germanic tribes who traded and fought with the Latin-speaking Roman Empire, and who would later give rise to the English language. Other words came in, even though an Old English term already existed and this caused enrichment of the vocabulary of the Old English vocabulary. Such words include biscop "bishop" from Latin episcopus, Old English teped "carpet" from Latin tapetum and Old English Sigel "brooch" from Latin sigillum. Whenever a suitable Old English substitute word could not be found, a Latin word could be chosen and many Latin words entered the Old English lexicon (dictionary) in this way. Some of these words are ultimate of Greek origin, as much of the technical language of Christianity developed from the Greek of the New Testament and the works of those Fathers of the Church who wrote in Greek. Some words: school, shrive, pope, priest, nun, minister, monk, mass, candle, clerk, altar, apostle, abbot. ![]() The influence of Latin in English is primarily verbal in nature, being confined mainly to words derived from Latin roots.ĭuring the 6th and 7th century, Christian missionaries brought with them Latin religious terms, which entered the English language, when they came to Britain. ![]() A portion of these comes directly from Latin or through the Romance languages. A substantial percentage of the English vocabulary comes from Romance and Latinate sources. Although English is a Germanic language, with a grammar and a core vocabulary inherited from Proto-Germanic. ![]()
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