Merry Christmas to you all!
2007-11-30 13:22:33 · 7 answers · asked by Sam 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Languages are the result of historic processes. England was inhabited by the Anglos and the Saxons. Then it became part of the Roman Empire who, as well as road and bridges, brought their language with them. That was Latin which had a vast quantity of words of Greek origin. Those words are still alive and in use in spite of the many centuries.
England was also invaded by the Vikings who, as part of their legacy, also contributed to the language.
Then you have the Norman influence, and the process goes on and on. And, by the way, most modern languages have been shaped this way.
2007-11-30 14:05:48 · answer #1 · answered by Profuy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Two reasons: Engish borrows a lot of words and at one time all educated person knew Latin and Greek and took roots directly into English when they were defining or naming things. Also, Latin took up Greek roots and they carried forward into French, Spanish and Italian from which borrowed words were taken into English. Until not very long ago (250-300 years), all scientific works were published internationally in Latin. Just as we tend to label things in other languages, people speaking Latin draw on Greek to define special categories.
2007-11-30 21:31:40 · answer #2 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Haven't you seen "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" ???
The Dad has your answer for you, just name a word !
2007-11-30 23:28:05 · answer #3 · answered by Mr Answerman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because greeks are smart? i have no clue.
merry Christmas to you too!
2007-11-30 21:25:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Err they already answered the question...
2007-11-30 22:50:22 · answer #5 · answered by omeng90 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they're not from greek, they're from LATIN.
2007-11-30 21:28:00 · answer #6 · answered by $Sun King$ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
bcause i said so
2007-11-30 21:25:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋