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Latin and Greek Word Elements

Latin Roots, Prefixes, and SuffixesGreek Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes English is a living language, and it is growing all the time. One way that new words come into the language is when…

Latin Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Latin was the language spoken by the ancient Romans. As the Romans conquered most of Europe, the Latin language spread throughout the region. Over time, the Latin spoken in different areas…

Latin American Mythological Creatures

The countries of Latin America are full of tradition and folklore. Can you identify these mythological creatures that haunt the edges of dreams across South America?

Latin America

(Encyclopedia) Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. The 20…

Latin language

(Encyclopedia) CEE Latin language, member of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. Latin was first encountered in ancient times as the language of Latium, the region of…

Latin literature

(Encyclopedia) Latin literature, the literature of ancient Rome and of that written in Latin in later eras. Very little remains of the ritualistic songs and the native poetry of the Romans and Latins…

Latin Road

(Encyclopedia) Latin Road: see Roman roads.

Latin Way

(Encyclopedia) Latin Way: see Roman roads.

Vulgar Latin

(Encyclopedia) Vulgar Latin, vernacular form of the Latin language spoken in ancient Rome and the Roman Empire, as distinguished from classical or literary Latin. Vulgar Latin, rather than classical…

Italic languages

(Encyclopedia) Italic languages, subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages that may be divided into two groups. The first group consists of the ancient Italic languages and dialects that…