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K_H007 t1_ir97mty wrote

Reply to comment by extopico in Where did the English language REALLY come from? by MagicRaptor

Trade routes. That's how. Same thing happened to Greek when it became Latin, and to Latin when it became the Romance Languages.

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EzraSkorpion t1_ir9aamk wrote

What? Greek never became latin, they're on separate branches of the indo-european language family. Latin became romance languages not by influence via trade routes but because the people in those areas spoke latin natively, which then underwent language change.

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TheMooseIsBlue t1_ir9soe4 wrote

I assume he meant “how Greek-speaking lands became Latin-speaking lands,” not that Greek literally evolved into Latin. Though, that’s me being generous since his second point was about how Latin did evolve into others.

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K_H007 t1_irdhuy7 wrote

That was actually about what I meant. After all, the roman empire arose from old greek colonies of italy, meaning that greek lands became roman lands, and with rome came latin.

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