Did the Greek language originate from Latin like other European languages?

Answer 1

Greek and Latin are considered sisters by linguists.Their father is Proto Indo European.As is the father if Indian and Russian languages.Ego is I in Greek and Latin. One confusing thing is the word homo.In Greek it means same like homogenized milk or same sex.................The Latin on the other hand means man like homo sapian. It morphed int homme and hombre and om(rom)

Answer 2

Greek is the longest surviving natural language and has been spoken for 3, 500 years, which means it predates the emergence of Latin.

It is classified as an Indo-European language and its earliest form is Mycenean Greek, which was spoken around the 15th century BC. It's closest linguistic relatives appear to be ancient Macedonian (on offshoot of Greek) and Phrygian. Interestingly, of all the Indo-European languages, Greek is the only language considered to be truly independent. There are some similarities between Ancient Greek and Vedic Sanskrit, suggesting a common Proto-Indo-European linguistic ancestry.

Latin did not appear until the 8th century BC was mostly influenced by Phoenician and and Etruscan. The Latin alphabet was influenced by the Greek alphabet, although the linguistic development of Latin is utterly distinct from that of Greek.

Answer 3

Greek is one of the oldest natural languages, dating back to 3,500 years. Latin is another Indo-European with pretty much the same age than Greek but Greek influenced Latin, particularly the alphabet. We could say that Latin is a language originated from Greek, though both of them date back to 9th-8th C BC.

Answer 4

Definitely Italian! Latin was the language spoken in the Roman Empire. However it has a big influence on most of the European languages.

Answer 5

Classical Greek and classical Latin are different languages completely. The Greek alphabet is even different, using only 24 letters, rather than the 26 that Latin incorporates. As time passed, and the Greek people were gradually assimilated into the Roman Empire, many Greek words and expressions and even mythology were absorbed into the Roman/Latin culture... but the language origins are different.

Answer 6

With the exception of Hungarian, European languages are believed to have come from "proto Indo-European". Latin and Greek are both offshoots from this language so, if you go back far enough, they have a common source but they are totally separate languages. Latin based languages are in the Romance family, northern European languages are in the Teutonic family. English is largely Teutonic but has been influenced by Latin. Another family in Europe are the Celtic languages such as Gaelic. All are Indo-European.

Answer 7

Greek and Latin are both Indo-European languages. Greek is its own branch. Latin is part of the Italic branch.

Answer 8

Other way around. Latin actually gets some words (though not many) from Greek (since the Ancient Greeks were the older culture).

Answer 9

Nope. Greek is older than Latin. It has the longest recorded history of any language, dating back to the 9th century B.C. Latin was actually derived from the Greek language.

Answer 10

I believe the Greeks were around before the Romans introduced Latin

Answer 11

No, I believe that Greek existed before Latin.