Why is English not considered a Romance “language if ~60-80% of words come from latin?
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It’s based on the origins of the language. English can be traced to proto-germanic languages while the romance languages decend from vulgar-latin.
English only has so many latin words because of the Noman conquest of England back in the 11th century. That caused latin words (of French origin) to become part of the vocabulary.
Despite the latin words, structurally english is still grammatically and structurally germanic.
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