why there is a concept of article in most of the romance languages while there is no such concept in Latin.

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why there is a concept of article in most of the romance languages while there is no such concept in Latin.

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It’s been a while since I studied r/latin, but my understanding is that the definite articles in the modern Romance languages (and possibly also “the” in English through Roman contact with various Germanic tribes) are descended from *ille, illa, illud* in Latin.

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