What latin words do the english words
Grateful
Agency
Airport
come from???
2007-09-10 11:26:14 · 3 answers · asked by Lilly 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
and also....
astronaut
fall
assault
flourish
i have a stupid latin teacher....ugh
2007-09-10 11:46:49 · update #1
gratus - pleasing plus -ful which is not from Latin
agentia - past participle of the verb agere to act, do
air came into Old English from Old French which came from the Latin aer. Port is the latin porta - door, gate.
2007-09-10 11:35:16 · answer #1 · answered by tentofield 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All of modern day English is not from either Latin or Greek. English is a Germanic language which came from an area south of modern day Denmark. Originally it was called Anglo Saxon, or Old English. Later on people added Latin and Greek words for terms that weren't available in the original language - mostly for science, medicine, and law. Many words were also added from Latin via French after the Norman conquest in 1066. The majority of words used by people when speaking every-day English is still germanic. The structure of the language is still germanic too.
2016-05-21 08:18:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gratus, grata, gratum - pleasing, welcome; grateful
agō-agent(same as agency), action
adroportüs-Airport
This is the website you can use to find others...
http://www.geocities.com/gene_moutoux/latinderivatives.htm
Good luck!!
2007-09-10 11:33:39 · answer #3 · answered by Pat's Angel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋