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pessimizerlast Friday at 3:11 PM2 repliesview on HN

Approximately 0.0% of those came into English through Latin, while around 100% came through Norman French.


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grey-arealast Friday at 3:44 PM

Latin was commonly spoken amongst the educated at one time (served as a lingua franca across Europe) and used for religion and scientific discourse for even longer.

gpvosyesterday at 1:29 PM

That depends on when and how they entered English. A lot of scientific vocab was taken directly from Latin and Greek.