Words/Prefixes/Suffixes derived from Latin and Greek. List of Latin words with English derivatives. This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin spelling and pronunciation. Nouns and adjectives[edit] The citation form for nouns (the form normally shown in Latin dictionaries) is the Latin nominative singular, but that typically does not exhibit the root form from which English nouns are generally derived. † Diminutive Verbs[edit] In some Latin verbs, a preposition caused a vowel change in the root of the verb.
. † Frequentative ‡ Inchoative Prepositions and other words used to form compound words[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] List of Greek words with English derivatives. This is an incomplete list of Greek words with derivatives in English. There are many English words of Greek origin, with a variety of histories: vernacular borrowing, typically passing through Latin and French; learned borrowing directly from Greek; coinage in post-classical Latin or modern European languages; and direct borrowings from Modern Greek. The words (or suffixes) are in Greek alphabetic order, with tables for the 24 Greek letters, listing thousands of related English words. Transliteration[edit] There are considerable differences between the various transliterations used to represent the Greek alphabet in English.
The table in the sidebar shows: In ancient Greek, gamma was used to represent nu before a khi, ksi, kappa and another gamma. Greek words with modern derivatives[edit] The citation form shown is the form most commonly shown in dictionaries, but this form is often unrepresentative of the word as used to form a compound word, hence the root form is also shown. Α[edit] a b g d. List of English words of French origin. The percentage of modern English words derived from each language group are as follows:French: ~29% Latin (including words used only in scientific / medical / legal contexts): ~29% Germanic: ~26% Others: ~17% A great number of words of French origin have entered the English language to the extent that many Latin words have come to the English language. According to different sources, 45% of all English words have a French origin.[1] This fact suggests that 80,000 words should appear in this list; this list, however, only includes words imported directly from French, such as both joy and joyous, and does not include derivatives formed in English of words borrowed from French, including joyful, joyfulness, partisanship, and parenthood.
Although French is mainly from Latin (which accounts for about 60% of English vocabulary either directly or via a Romance language), it also includes words from Gaulish and Germanic languages (especially Old Frankish). Daily use[edit] Feudalism[edit] List of French expressions in English. English contains many words of French origin, such as art, competition, force, machine, money, police, publicity, role, routine, table, and many other anglicized French words. These are pronounced according to English rules of phonology, rather than French. Around 45%[1] of English vocabulary is of French origin, most coming from the Anglo-Norman spoken by the upper classes in England for several hundred years after the Norman Conquest, before the language settled into what became Modern English.
This article, however, covers words and phrases that generally entered the lexicon later, as through literature, the arts, diplomacy, and other cultural exchanges not involving conquests. As such, they have not lost their character as Gallicisms, or words that seem unmistakably foreign and "French" to an English speaker. Used in English and French[edit] A[edit] à gogo in abundance. À la in the manner of/in the style of[2] à la carte lit. À la mode à propos accouchement acquis communautaire adieu lit. Lit. List of German expressions in English. List of English words of Spanish origin. It is a list of English language words whose origin can be traced to the Spanish language as "Spanish loan words".
Many of them are identical in other Romance languages (mainly Portuguese or Italian), but their passage into English is believed to be through Spanish. Most these words came to English from Castilian and American Spanish dialects, which in turn got them from various sources including English ("turista"). However many of the words contained in the list are not used by native English speakers today. For example native English speakers use the term 'goodbye' rather than 'adios' as incorrectly stated below. A[edit] abaca via Spanish abacá from Tagalog abaká abalone from Spanish abulón, from Ohlone aluan or Rumsen awlun. adios from Spanish 'adiós' meaning "goodbye" adobe From Egyptian via Arabic "Al-tub" aficionado from past participle of aficionar, to inspire affection, from afición affection, from Latin affection-, affectio, from afficere . albatross from alcatraz, see below.
Alcalde Alcatraz.