Peter Jones

Quid Pro Quo

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  • Qorxmaz Aydınlıhas quoted4 years ago
    Francisca means ‘French’, this is the first written evidence we have of the separation of Latin into romance languages – French, vulgari, i.e. Italian, and Latin. But Franci
  • Qorxmaz Aydınlıhas quoted4 years ago
    Take the word ‘adrenalin’. This hormone, one of the most important in the body, is found in a gland located on top of the kidneys. The Latin stem renal- meant ‘to do with the kidneys’ and ad meant ‘near’. Hence ‘adrenalin’. But no Roman would have recognized the word. It was invented, using Latin stems, in 1901.
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