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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For a dead language, Latin still has plenty of life in it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A dead </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">language</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is one that’s no longer used as a native tongue. Though there are many more examples around the world, the most famous ones, besides Latin, are Sanskrit and Ancient Greek.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All three of these have been extremely influential as precursors of other languages. In the case of Latin, it has spawned a whole family of European-born Romance languages, like French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian. And either directly or by way of (mainly) French and Spanish, it has added more words to English than any other one — and will doubtless continue to nourish our language with new coinages or new meanings for older words as time goes by. (Languages that aren’t dead are very much living things, constantly growing and evolving.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though English is considered a Germanic language, only about </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">26%</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of our words are Germanic in origin, while 29% come straight from Latin and another 29% derive from French (including Anglo-French, also called Anglo-</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Norman</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many words in common use in English mean the same thing they meant to the Ancient Romans, or something closely related — </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">among</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> them alibi, alias, agenda, alma mater, bonus, census, facsimile, veto, vice versa, and verbatim — and are spelled exactly the same way. And unlike many words borrowed from French (coiffeur, maneuver, bouillabaisse), their spelling is usually straightforward. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">These are words commonly misspelled in English</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In addition to single words, sometimes we use Latin phrases that express meanings more succinctly or memorably than their English equivalents might. Acclaimed chef Thomas Keller called one of his Napa Valley restaurants Ad Hoc, meaning “for this” — that is, for a specific purpose — </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">because</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> it was originally planned to be a temporary place-holder while he developed another restaurant concept for the space. Many moviegoers learned the phrase “carpe diem” — literally “seize the day” — from </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">an impassioned speech given by the teacher Robin Williams portrayed in the film “Dead Poets Society.”</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><b>Click here for 30 Latin phrases that are still used all the time</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Knowing the definitions of such phrases doesn’t mean you should drop them into conversation every chance you get. That can easily end up sounding pretentious, or just plain silly. But it’s important to know them, because you’ll see or hear them elsewhere on occasion — and maybe sometimes find an opportunity to use one or more sensibly yourself.</span></p>
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30 Latin Phrases That Are Still Used All the Time – Darlinez News.
