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The romans lived in britain
Between forty three ad and fourten ad
But their legacy is still felt today
And not just in physical ruins
The romans left us language including some common english words during the roman empire latin
An ancient language was spoken in many parts of britain
While the romans wrote in classical latin
Conversed in vulga atn colloquel everyday language that was used between soldiers and in trade
Because of trade words
The stuck often relate to food and drink
Such as wine
Which came from the latin vuum
Others relates to dwellings
Such as kitchen
Derived from the verb cook and wall
Which originally referred to a stake or post outside a foot settlements and roads in roman times were extensive
The word strestreet used generally as well as being used for specific names of streets originally came from strata
Which meant paved road on a similar note academic research from the field of linguistics indicates many well known place names in the uk
Owh their origin to latin for example the romans used castum to refer to a city
Which developed into the commonplace ending chester castter or cester consider manchester
It is a former roman fort
Which was known wn mmmmukium
Other places with roman derivations include langkoaster andlester
A significant impact on english which came from the romans is the use of the roman alphabet manuscripts of old english texts have shown a version not ununlike written english today differences include some letters
However such as two symbols called ash and s nowadays
You are more likely to see these symbols in a guide to pronunciation
So even though sixteen hundred years have passed
The romans live on from bbc learning english