what is the difference between greek and latin roots
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Explanation:
Greek is the native and official language of Greece, Cyprus and some other countries while Latin was the language of the Romans.
• Greek is a living language while Latin is often referred to as an extinct language.
• Greek was the lingua franca during the classical period whereas Latin was the lingua franca during the Middle Ages.
• Both Greek and Latin languages stemmed from the Indo-European family of languages, but Latin later gave birth to a language family called the Romance languages: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, etc.
• Ancient Greek and Latin consisted of a verb-final sentence structure while Modern Greek has changed into a VSO or SVO structure.
• Latin and Greek languages have different alphabets.
• A large number of scientific, technical, and medical words stemmed from Greek roots while Latin lent words to many other languages.
Although Greek and Latin share many grammatical features such as gender, cases, noun inflections, there are certain subtle differences between Greek and Latin that can be noted in their origins, history and other notions.