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>>...Some of the European languages, I believe including English, are known as romance language...>>>

The Romance languages are those based upon Latin: Spanish, French, Italian, Romansch, etc. English is not a Romance language. It came to England from the North German coast. Still today, most of the conversational vocabulary of English speakers is built on Germanic roots.

Latinate vocabulary came over with William the Conqueror. These words are used more in the academic, military and administrative lexicons.


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