Greco-latin

//ˌɡɹiːkəʊˈlæt.ɪn// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Derived from or pertaining to the Ancient Greek and Latin languages. US

    "In 1781 they framed "Articles of Confederation,” and in 1789 the “Constitution of the United States of America," from which we have an Extract and Table, showing sixty-two per cent. Greco-Latin and thirty-eight Gotho-Germanic; whereas Ethelbert's Anglo-Saxon Code of A.D. 597, which is the oldest English writing, containse six per cent. Greco-Latin and ninety-four Gotho-Germanic; the code of Alfred the Great, A.D. 890, numbers six per cent. Greco-Latin and ninety-four Gotho-Germanic; and the Bill of Rights, 1688, counts sixty-three per cent. Greco-Latin, thirty-six Gotho-Germanic, and one per cent. Celtic."

Example

More examples

"Berber is written with Greco-Latin characters in Algeria."

Etymology

From Greco- + Latin.

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