The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-06
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ARTICLE XII. The Latin Element of the English Language.
By JOSEPHINE TUkCK BAKER.


 The Latin Element of the English
 Language.
 The Latin element of the English Ian guage is of special interest to the student as 1t enables him to trace not only tne growth of the English language, but also the mental, moral and religious develop ment of the English people themselves Nor 1t is a significant fact in this connec- ton that the simplest things in iife-those pertaining to the family, to domestieity, to agriculture. to primary ideas ana to all of the common acts of life-nave an Angio-Saxon nomenclature while the higher processes of the mind and or ap- stract thought find an expression or tnelr meanings in words derived from Latin' Thus the terms for father. mother, sis ter. brother, husband. wife; for man. Wo- man. sun, stars. land. sea; for cat, morse, hound. sheep. COW, OK, goat iaRlo, aor read, write, sew. spin; for hill, harrow, field, acre, hedge. these were used py our English ancestors before their language was subjected to Latin influences; wnlie on the other hand terms terms pereaihS na,Iosonhy nv and Jurisprudence are of Latin orisin, having been derived directly from the Latin or through the medium Of the NOT man-French.
 Influences of Latin Upon the Anglo
 Saxon Language.
 The earliest influence of the Latin lam guage upon the Angio-SaXon was prena-
 
 uuest "A. D., 45). Although this innuence was slight, being felt only in the names of places, it was lasting, for to this day. names of historic places in Lonuon are traceable to this period-the Latin or the Thus speenham in oxfordshire, Spinae. Coln, Colonia, a colony. and Is found m Lincoln and in Colonbrooke. The forms chester, cester, kester and caster are from the Latin castra, camp, and are found in the names of Dorchester, Ciren- v '. T AA cester, Kester-ton and An-caster; street is from the Latin strata and is found in the names of Stratford-on-Avon, Strct-on in Chester-le-StSeet. Wall Is supposed to be the Latin yallum. It is significant fact that the Picts of Bedas time t6l3- 735) spoke of the Peann Fahel as Caput valli. which means The Head of the Wall. Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to
 Christianity.
 The converson of the Anglo-Saxons t, Christianity in the sixth century vitally affected the English language. for Latin was the language of the chutch and the monastery; consequently many Latin words pertaining to Christianity and scholasticism were added to the vocabu lary of Angio-Saxon words. This is known as the Latin of the second, or An gle period between A. D. 800 and the battle of Hastings). The following words English. Anglo-Saxc minister mynster temple tempel choir chor
 cIoister cluster monk munCc bishop btsceop archbishop arcobisceop deacon diacon nun hume
 saint sanct
 provost profost priest presbyte mass maesSe pail pail
 thalics Calic
 candle ?andel cpistle pistol
 preach pruediciaD prove proIan
 tGnic tunic
 lily lille
 rosp rose
 rcrncI fynel
 ffie rot%
 mint mlnte
 ratlish raedice nSonvy pionie
 iettuce lactuce nlr1ond-tr ma agdala vf,lc-tres pin-treow hysso,, hyssop balsann balsam anchor ancor
 how arcu
 The Norman Conquest.