Top 10 Latin Words to Live By

#1: Amor Vincit Omnia

Over the centuries, certain Latin phrases have been used widely enough in English to get included in the dictionary. This list contains some of our favorites.

What It Means:  "love conquers all things"

Where It Comes From:

Shortly before the start of the first millennium, the Roman poet Virgil wrote "love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love."

The phrase and the concept (in Latin and in English) caught on: a character in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, written in the late 1300s, wore a brooch engraved "Amor Vincit Omnia";

Match Point: Believing in Luck

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Words That Come from "Mother"

#1: Metropolis

Nowadays, it refers to a large city — particularly an important one.

In ancient Greece,metropolis referred to the mother city of a colony.

(Corinth, for example, was the metropolis of Syracuse.)

Metropolis comes from the Greek mētēr ("mother") +polis ("city").

#2: Matrix

 Is matrix the mother of all terms?

Maybe not, but the term originates in the Latinmater, meaning "mother."

The original (now-archaic) meaning of matrix was "uterus." Today the word usually refers to a situation or set of conditions in which something develops or forms.

Asking permission

Do you mind if I … — Вы не против если я … Одна из самых распространенных фраз, подходит для компании знакомых людей.

Would you mind…-

Hotel

1. I have (made)  a reservation. – Я забронировал гостиницу

Favourite Words From Foreign Languages

Many English words come from other languages, but this list highlights some of our favorites from non-Romance languages – i.e. they don't trace back to Latin – that sound almost the same in the original.

#1: Karaoke

Language of Origin: Japanese

About the Word:

How to Listen and Understand

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