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At the root of it all
Hailey Heseltine
news@greenepublishing.com
Many people think of English as one of several Romance languages, a group of languages that emerged from Late Latin in Europe, some of which are Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese. However, that is not the truth. Though it has significant roots in Latin, English is not a Romance language at all—it is Germanic, and many of the German's influences in it are still visible today if you know where to look.
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