Interest is another Latin verb hiding in plain sight. In Latin, it means “it is important,” literally “to be between,” which might help explain its early application in English for legal and business ...

We have three sources of information: languages that are descended from Latin; the Proto-Indo-European language, from which most languages in Europe and southern Asia descended; and transliterations ...

The launch of the fundraising think tank Rogare this year reminds us that Latin words underpin many aspects of fundraising. ‘Rogare’ means ‘to ask’, from ‘rogo’ meaning ‘I ask’. Rogo, rogare, rogavi, ...

Latin is a classical language and also the Indo-European Language. Earlier, it was spoken in the Tiber areas of Rome, but once the Roman Republic came into power, the language started to dominate: ...