Often we tend to see English as a properly Germanic language, but in reality it is quite a hybrid with many common words that come from Latin. Ironically, however, it was not the 400 years of Roman invasion that changed the language, even if Latin was spoken in the Roman parts of Britain at the time, the waves of Germanic and Viking invasions swept everything, bringing with itself a new language. The Latin that is found today in the English language therefore comes from Christian missionaries but above all from the Norman invasion of 1066. So now we find many words of Latin origin (passed from French) and therefore often similar to Italian and easy for us to understand. Yes, there are also many false cousins, so be careful! In the legal field we have words like: accusations, adultery, advocate, arrest, assault, assize, convict, crime, decree, depose, evidence , executor, fraud, heir, indictment, inquest, jail, judge, jury, justice, libel, pardon, perjury, prison, punishment, sue, summons, trespass, verdict. words you should easily recognize: authority, baron, chancellor, council, court, crown, duke, empire, government, liberty, majesty, messenger, minister. noble, palace, parliament, prince, realm, reign, royal, servant, sir, statute, tax, traitor, treasurer, treaty, tyrant, vassal There is no shortage of gastronomic terms: appetite, biscuit, confection, cream, date, feast, fig, fruit, fry, herb, jelly, lemon, lettuce, mustard, olive, orange, oyster, pigeon, plate, pork, roast, salad, salmon, sardine, sauce, sausage, spice, stew sugar, supper, tripe. Other terms are not similar to Italian but to French. In the religious field the terms are obviously many and easy to find: abbey, anoint, baptism, cardinal, cathedral, chant, chaplain, charity, clergy, communion, confess, convent, creator, crucifix, divine, faith, friar, heresy, immortality, incense, miracle, novice, ordain, penance, prayer, prelate, priory, religion, repent, sacrament, sacrilege, saint, salvation, savior, schism, sermon, solemn, temptation, theology, tronity, vicar, virgin, virtue We have terms in the military sector: archer, army, battle, captain, combat, defend, enemy, guard, lance, lieutenant, navy, peace, portcullis, sergeant, soldier, spy In the field of fashion and clothing button, cape, chemise, collar, diamond, emerald, ermine, gown, jewel, ornament , pearl, satin, taffeta, veil, wardrobe As for art, literature and music we have: art, beauty, color, conversation, dance, falcon, image, jollity, jous t, juggler; kennel, literature, lute, melody, minstrel, music, park, pen, poet, preface, prose, recreation, rein, rhyme, romance, sculpture, stallion, story, title, tournament, tragedy, trot, vellum, volume There is obviously no lack of terms related to medicine and science: alkali, anatomy, arsenic, calendar, clause, copy, geometry, gout, grammar, leper, logic, medicine, metal, physician, pleurisy, pulse, sphere, stomach, study, sulfur, surgeon, treatise The terms of objects of the house are often of Germanic origin but there are many exceptions, many are in fact of French origin and in some cases they resemble the Italian: basin, chamber, chandelier; chimney, closet, cushion, kennel, lamp, lantern, tower, turret There are other common words that in many cases you can understand right away even if you don’t speak English. Others are not so immediate but if you look closely you see the similarity: action, adventure, affection, air, city, coast, comfort, courage, courtesy, cruelty, debt, dozen, envy, error, face, flower, forest, honor, hour , joy, labor, manner, mountain, number, ocean, opinion, order, pair, people, person, piece, point, poverty, quality, reason, scandal, sign, spirit, substance, tavern, unity, vision Verbs don’t joke too: arrange, continue, cry, enter, form, inform, move, obey, pass, pay, prefer prove, receive, refuse, satisfy, save, serve, suppose There are also adjectives: active, amorous, blue, calm, certain, clear, common, cruel, curious, final, gay (in the sense of gay, non-homosexual), gentle, honest, horrible, large, natural, original, perfect, precious, probable, real, scarce, scarlet, second, simple, single, solid, special, strange, sure, usual. Often in Italy we tend to see the English as a properly Germanic language, but in Rea ltà is quite a hybrid with a lot of common words coming from Latin. Ironically, however, it was not the 400 years of Roman invasion that changed the language, even if Latin was spoken in the Roman parts of Britain at the time the waves of Germanic and Viking invasions swept everything, bringing with itself a new language. The Latin that is found today in the English language therefore comes from Christian missionaries but above all from the Norman invasion of 1066. So now we find many words of Latin origin (passed from French) and therefore often similar to Italian, Spanish, French, Romanian and Portuguese. Yes, there are also many false cousins, so be careful if you are learning one of these languages!
In the legal field we have words like: accusations, adultery, advocate, arrest, assault, assize, convict, crime, decree, depose, evidence , executor, fraud, heir, indictment, inquest, jail, judge, jury, justice, libel, pardon, perjury, prison, punishment, sue, summons, trespass, verdict.
There are many words coming from Latin in politics: authority, baron, chancellor, council, court, crown, duke, empire, government, liberty, majesty, messenger, minister, noble, palace, parliament, prince, realm, reign, royal, servant, sir, statute, tax, traitor, treasurer, treaty, tyrant, vassal
There is no shortage of gastronomic terms: appetite, biscuit, confection, cream, date, feast, fig, fruit, fry, herb, jelly, lemon, lettuce, mustard, olive, orange, oyster, pigeon, plate, pork, roast, salad, salmon, sardine, sauce, sausage, spice, stew sugar, supper, tripe.
In the religious field the terms are obviously many and easy to find: abbey, anoint, baptism, cardinal, cathedral, chant, chaplain, charity, clergy, communion, confess, convent, creator, crucifix, divine, faith, friar, heresy, immortality, incense, miracle, novice, ordain, penance, prayer, prelate, priory, religion, repent, sacrament, sacrilege, saint, salvation, saviour, schism, sermon, solemn, temptation, theology, trinity, vicar, virgin, virtue We have terms in the military sector: archer, army, battle, captain, combat, defend, enemy, guard, lance, lieutenant, navy, peace, portcullis, sergeant, soldier, spy In the field of fashion and clothing button, cape, chemise, collar, diamond, emerald, ermine, gown, jewel, ornament , pearl, satin, taffeta, veil, wardrobe
As for art, literature and music we have: art, beauty, colour, conversation, dance, falcon, image, jollity, joust, juggler; kennel, literature, lute, melody, minstrel, music, park, pen, poet, preface, prose, recreation, rein, rhyme, romance, sculpture, stallion, story, title, tournament, tragedy, trot, vellum, volume There is obviously no lack of terms related to medicine and science: alkali, anatomy, arsenic, calendar, clause, copy, geometry, gout, grammar, leper, logic, medicine, metal, physician, pleurisy, pulse, sphere, stomach, study, sulphur, surgeon, treatise
The terms of objects of the house are often of Germanic origin but there are many exceptions, many are in fact of French origin.
basin, chamber, chandelier; chimney, closet, cushion, kennel, lamp, lantern, tower, turret.
There are other common words that in many cases you can understand right away even if you speak French or Spanish and not English. Others are not so immediate but if you look closely you see the similarity: action, adventure, affection, air, city, coast, comfort, courage, courtesy, cruelty, debt, dozen, envy, error, face, flower, forest, honour, hour , joy, labour, manner, mountain, number, ocean, opinion, order, pair, people, person, piece, point, poverty, quality, reason, scandal, sign, spirit, substance, tavern, unity, vision Verbs don’t joke too: arrange, continue, cry, enter, form, inform, move, obey, pass, pay, prefer prove, receive, refuse, satisfy, save, serve, suppose
There are also adjectives: active, amorous, blue, calm, certain, clear, common, cruel, curious, final, gay (in the sense of happy, not homosexual), gentle, honest, horrible, large, natural, original, perfect, precious, probable, real, scarce, scarlet, second, simple, single, solid, special, strange, sure, usual.
