Expertlatin
- How did Greek language influence Latin?
- How much did Greek influence Latin?
- How does Greek and Latin continue to influence our language?
- What is the relationship between Latin and Greek?
How did Greek language influence Latin?
In turn, the western Greek alphabets shaped the Etruscan alphabet, the direct predecessor of the alphabet used by the Romans to write the Latin language. The Euboean alphabet was used by Greeks who lived in the cities of Chalkis and Eretria beginning in the early years of Greek antiquity.
How much did Greek influence Latin?
It didn't. Resemblances between the Greek and Latin languages are cognate - that is, derived from a common (Indo-European) ancestor - and not the result of one language directly imitating the other.
How does Greek and Latin continue to influence our language?
Greek word-forming patterns, words, and word elements were adopted and adapted into Latin and passed through Latin into English and many European and other languages, being used in the main for scholarly and technical purposes.
What is the relationship between Latin and Greek?
Greek was the lingua franca during the classical period whereas Latin was the lingua franca during the Middle Ages. Both Greek and Latin languages stemmed from the Indo-European family of languages, but Latin later gave birth to a language family called the Romance languages: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, etc.
