| ▲ | pessimizer 10 hours ago | |
Approximately 0.0% of those came into English through Latin, while around 100% came through Norman French. | ||
| ▲ | grey-area 9 hours ago | parent [-] | |
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. | ||