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For linguistic questions concerning the Latin language, a dead Indo-European language of the Roman Empire and ancestor of modern Catalan, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, and a few others.

For questions specific to Latin only, please visit our sister site Latin Language Stack Exchange.

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Why the E- in Etruscan?

The Etruscans had several names in antiquity: the Greeks called them Tyrsenoi or Tyrrhenoi, the Roman Tusci or Etrusci (and their country Etruria). All these names seem to be related, ultimately coming from a root Turs- (or maybe Trus-). (The…
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Why doesn't Latin caseus have "w"?

Why doesn't Latin caseus from *kwh₂et- have "w"?
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Why is fucus reconstructed as *bhoiko-?

Why is fucus reconstructed as *bhoiko-? Not *bhoikos or *bhoikon? Is "cus" a suffix like in raucus > ravis?
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Why were some letters missing in Latin?

There are some curiosities about Classic Latin like V standing for modern V, U, and W altogether, and sounding like U and W, not today's Romance V I standing for I, Y, and the modern Romance J (yota) C standing for C and G, and G invented by adding…
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The use of the word terribilissimo in Latin?

I was watching the anime Black Butler the other day when a song was played. I looked up the song to see what the lyrics were. I came across several sources that read the same and was sung in Latin. From the song Si deus me relinquit, all the sources…
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What does "torido chaumate" mean?

What does "torido chaumate" mean? I didn't find these words in Latin.
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