Words from Latin via Old English
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:26 am
The vast majority of Latinate words in English date from the second millennium and are derived either directly from (classical or late) Latin or via (Norman or later) French. The following two, however, are from Latin via Old English (Anglo-Saxon), i.e. they are Germanic borrowings from Latin:
wine – from Old English win, from Latin vinum.
street – from Old English stret or stræt, from Latin strata, paved (road).
I am sure there must be some other English words with Germanic-Latin derivations. Can anyone think of any?
Note that there are plenty of words that Latin adopted from Germanic languages. I am interested in cases where the adoption was the other way round.
wine – from Old English win, from Latin vinum.
street – from Old English stret or stræt, from Latin strata, paved (road).
I am sure there must be some other English words with Germanic-Latin derivations. Can anyone think of any?
Note that there are plenty of words that Latin adopted from Germanic languages. I am interested in cases where the adoption was the other way round.