APPENDIX B
Greek and Latin Origins of Engineering Terms
English is a complex combination of numerous languages and is thought by some to be the most colorful and expressive language we have. To understand why English is such a complicated language, you need to be aware of several milestones in the history of the English culture. Around 1000 BC, Celtic-speaking armies from central Europe conquered the British Isles, and after several centuries of occupation, the language of the prehistoric Britains was completely replaced by Celtic. Gaelic, Welsh, Irish, and Scotch are modern remnants of Celtic.
Britain was again conquered in the first century AD by the Roman empire, and for the next several centuries, Latin words began to be absorbed into the ...
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