Is it the sound of the word or its meaning. More than that latin words expressions and abbreviations are part of everyday english particularly in the areas of law and business.
Strictly speaking the latin word for nature is naturae however there are some amazing latin words for beautiful natural sights and experiences.
Meaningful beautiful latin words. Greatness from small beginnings. Beautiful latin words for nature. While english is a germanic language latin has strongly influenced it.
Latin quotes can be found all over the place from mottos to car stickers and so if you re looking for some latin words and sayings to use yourself then you ve come to the right place. Scientists have spent decades trying to determine exactly why that smell is so pleasing. In fact two are credited for coining petrichor in a 1964 nature article.
While latin hasn t been regularly spoken or written for hundreds of years save for the occasional scholarly text its legacy is still felt throughout the lexicon of both romance and germanic languages today whether you re launching an ad hominem attack or adding etcetera to the end of a list it s likely you re peppering your speech with latin phrases without even knowing it. Latin is a beautiful romance language from which many of our languages in europe stem from today. The situation in which or current condition.
The study of the pleasantness or unpleasantness of the way words and phrases sound regardless of their meaning is called phonaesthetics. Latin words praemonitus praemunitus. But i think the combination of sound and meaning is what makes for pretty words.
Below i ve listed 77 examples of latin terms every english speaker should become familiar with. Consider the word diarrhea which trills off the tongue but isn t a pleasant topic to ponder. By some estimates 30 of english words derive from the ancient language.
The greek words for stone and the ethereal blood of the gods combine to give us a perfectly beautiful term for the way the earth smells after it rains. I suspect beauty is in the eye of the beholder or in the ear of the listener and some of latin s consonants are harder sounding than they are in english but here are some latin words a few onomatopoeic unsurprisingly that i find especially. Latin a dead language.
When you read these gorgeous words and phrases it s obvious that humans living in ancient rome appreciated the beauty of the natural world just as much as we do today. I m often asked why i study latin. What makes a word beautiful.
Knowing latin can improve your english vocabulary. Most of our prefixes and some of the roots of common english words derive from latin.
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