Никоненко Тамара Петрівна

    Sixty percent of the English language comes from Latin. In this post of Latin Phrases Common to English, you’ll find many examples of Latin words and the English words derived from them. This is not an exhaustive list but will give you a good feel for the Latin roots of English.

   Challenge yourself to think of more English words that may have come from these Latin roots, and then check a dictionary to confirm the derivation.