Originally Posted by
Wizard_Lizard
Well I mean with the latin thing, to argue that english does not have any latin based words is plain silly, not just coz of the romans, but also the french, who's language is definetly based on latin. Although English is just a weird amalgamation language anyhow. And with my two second research that is definetly definitively correct I found "English is a Germanic language, with a grammar and a core vocabulary inherited from Proto-Germanic. ... The influence of Latin in English, therefore, is primarily lexical in nature, being confined mainly to words derived from Latin roots." SO uh. it's kinda both? A germanic language with latin words shoved in?