These Are the Latin Words You Use Every Day Without Knowing It
Updated: Aug. 06, 2019
Don’t call Latin a dead language—chances are you speak it all the time.
The Latin Origin of “Audio”
Audire is a Latin verb meaning “to hear.” The first-person conjugation “audio” means “I hear.” And video? That’s “I see.” That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Latin words!
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The Latin Origin of “Doctor”
How can someone be a doctor of philosophy? Because “doctor” means “teacher” in Latin.
The Latin Origin of “Exit”
In Latin, the verb exire means “to go out.” So “exit” means “he/she/it goes out.” As with so many words, we can partly thank Shakespeare for bringing “exit” to English, via the celebrated stage direction in A Winter’s Tale: “Exit, pursued by a bear.”
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The Latin Origin of “Minus”
Latin is as simple as four minus two equals two. Seriously: “minus” means “less” in Latin.
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The Latin Origin of “Plus”
As you may have guessed, “plus” is Latin for “more.”
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