What latin words do the english words
Grateful
Agency
Airport
come from???
2007-09-10 11:27:00 · 3 answers · asked by Lilly 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Grateful from Gratus - adjective; pleasing, acceptable, welcome
Agency from agere - verb; drive, urge, conduct, act; spend and a potful of other uses.
Airport from aer - noun; air, atmosphere, sky + port from portus - noun; port, harbor
2007-09-10 15:31:55 · answer #1 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 0⤊ 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 08:20:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
grateful... gratus
2007-09-10 11:33:42 · answer #3 · answered by raven_roycroft 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋