Latin
拉丁
The word "Latin" 拉丁 can mean the people 拉丁人 or the
language 拉丁语
.
T
he former carries the meaning of the native or inhabitant of Latin America 拉丁美洲, and of ancient Latium.
The latter means the Indo-European
language 语言
of the ancient Latins and
Romans
. The
Romans
develop their letters from the Etruscan alphabets. (Read also
language families 语系
.)
Many
English 英语
words are derived from the Latin language. Examples of Latin phrases and Latin-based words/phrases used in the
English 英语
language include the following:
✍
alfresco
✍
audi alteram partem
✍
bis coquere
✍
croissant
✍
de mortuis nil nisi bonum
✍
habeas corpus
✍
hospi
✍
lithos
✍
mammalis
✍
Mare Pacificum
✍
persona non grata
✍
saponification
✍
science
✍
solaris
✍
terra
✍
verto
.
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