Root Words

[Joao Fonseca]

Hi dear managers. I study latin to understand much better my Portuguese language, sometimes I do have to see Greek, so, how about having a link where could explain English origin of its word? everybody nows, that a huge amount of English words came also from latin language. how about that challenger?
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Joao Mª H. Fonseca
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[HamburgEnglish]

That is surely a challenge ... but I think you will find that English comes from many languages and the task to explain this is something that would nowadays take someone a lifetime. Try Googling the internet, you may find some wonderful website...

Did you know that one of the oldest UK languages in the world is Welsh?? and its sounds nothing like English ... look here

WELSH: Gwybodaeth gefndir ddefnyddiol am yr iaith Gymraeg ac am Fwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg a'i waith.
ENGLISH: Useful background information about the Welsh language and about the Welsh Language Board and its work.

[Jamie (K)]

João, any good English dictionary site contains the etymology of any word it defines, so it will certainly give the Latin origins of words that come from that language (about 60% of the words in English come from Latin, if I'm not mistaken).

I recommend m-w.com for that, but there are other good sites you can use.

[Daemon99]

[Jamie (K)]