Vulgar Latin - Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Vulgar Latin featured a large vocabulary of words that were productive in Romance.

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Famous quotes containing the word vocabulary:

    “One forgets words as one forgets names. One’s vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.”
    —Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)

    “The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.”
    —Marina Warner (b. 1946)

    “I have a vocabulary all my own. I “pass the time” when it is wet and disagreeable. When it is fine I do not wish to pass it; I ruminate it and hold on to it. We should hasten over the bad, and settle upon the good.”
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)