Greco-Latin

gréco-latin English Alternative forms en Græco-Latin dated en Graeco-Latin Commonwealth Etymology From en Greco Latin. Pronunciation en /ˌɡɹiːkəʊˈlæt.ɪn/ RP en /ˌɡɹɛkoʊˈlæt.n̩/ GenAm Adjective en adjective en American spelling Derived from or pertaining to the Ancient Greek and Latin languages. en 1878 Origin, Progress and Destiny of the English Language and Literature John Adam Weisse 459 In 1781 they framed "Articles of Confederation,” and in 1789 the “Constitution of the United States of America," from which we have an Extract and Table, showing sixty-two per cent. Greco-Latin and thirty-eight Gotho-Germanic; whereas Ethelbert's Anglo-Saxon Code of A.D. 597, which is the oldest English writing, containse six per cent. Greco-Latin and ninety-four Gotho-Germanic; the code of Alfred the Great, A.D. 890, numbers six per cent. Greco-Latin and ninety-four Gotho-Germanic; and the Bill of Rights, 1688, counts sixty-three per cent. Greco-Latin, thirty-six Gotho-Germanic, and one per cent. Celtic. en 1988 The Latin Language Leonard Robert Palmer 21 The Greco-Latin coincidences are presumably due to the independent preservation of elements of the most ancient IE. vocabulary. They do not necessarily imply any intimate relationship between Greek and Latin leading to the postulation of a pre-historic 'Italo-Greek' unity. en 1999 The Emergence of German Idealism Michael Baur; Daniel O. Dahlstrom 180 The German sense of Geist does not take its measure from the technical philosophical sense of the Greco-Latin spiritus. en 2008 Greek and Latin Roots: Keys to Building Vocabulary Timothy Rasinski; Nancy Padak; Rick M. Newton 149 The enrichment of the English vocabulary by Greco-Latin words was continuing, and the role of Greco-Latin vocabulary as the language of education was here to stay. Derived terms en Greco-Latin square Translations Catalan: ca grecollatí Finnish: fi kreikkalais-latinalainen French: fr gréco-latin Italian: it grecolatino Portuguese: pt greco-latino Swedish: sv grekolatinsk See also en Greco-Roman en Perso-Arabic Anagrams en acegilnort relocating