・In the map of the Roman Empire, in addition to Latin as a literary language used when writing books and in changed places, there were also slang words that citizens used in their daily lives, which is commonly called Latin, and it is a language that was the origin of French, Italian, Spanish, etc. (p23)
・ “al” is an Arabic title, and it also appears in English words derived from Arabic. Alchemy alchemy, alcohol alcohol, alkal alkali (p31) as examples
・Even in the Middle Ages, some time after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, law-related sentences were written in Latin. The Magna Carta is a royal charter signed by King John of England in 1215 and is written in Latin (p32)
・As a derivative of “magna = big,” magnitude magnitude, magnificnt grand, fossa magna fossa magna = large groove (p33)
・In French (a la carte), which is the origin of à la carte (a la carte), the menu in French is a course meal (p34)
・The Nerchinsk Treaty between Qing and Russia in 1689 was created in Latin, Russian, and Manchurian, and Latin was also used in diplomacy in Asia at the end of the 17th century (p45)
・Freedom refers to a state of power, right, and freedom to act freely, speak, and think. Liberty, on the other hand, is defined as a state of not being oppressed or imprisoned (p47)
・AD used to indicate the Western calendar means annus = year, annus = year, which is an abbreviation of the Latin word “in the year of Jesus Christ,” annuity = annual, annuity = pension, anniversary = anniversary of every year (p50)
・The word vote was initially a “wish,” as in ancient Latin. Then it came to be used to mean “vote” in Scottish dialect, and this usage began to be used nationwide (p69)
・In England in the 16th century, there was a difference between trials that ordinary citizens were subject to and trials faced by clergymen. In most cases, clergymen were less guilty than ordinary people, and the determination of whether that person was a clergyman was recitation of the Latin Bible (p84)
・"A cappella,” which indicates a song without accompaniment, also has the same etymology as chapel, and the reason why church songs were linked to unaccompanied is that people in the Romantic era imagined that medieval church music was unaccompanied; the Japanese word raincoat is derived from the Portuguese word capa = cloak, and can be traced back to the Latin word cappa (p92)
・In the Roman Empire, soldiers were prohibited from getting married at the time, but Priest Valentine ignored that rule and performed the wedding ceremony. As a result, he was executed by order of the emperor, and February 14, when he was executed was made “the anniversary of lovers,” but in 1969, that priest was removed from the calendar of saints, and there was a custom of sending love letters to each other on February 14 from ancient times (P97)
・The reason why the Institute was mainly written in Latin is that Latin was used in universities in Western Europe at the time (P116)
・ Botulunus = sausage is named because food poisoning caused by this bacteria occurred among people who ate sausages. Even now, when making sausages, nitrite is often added to suppress the growth of Clostridium botulinum, and the reason babies under one year old should not be fed honey is because honey contains botulinum spores (p144)
・The wise “Re” in reply emails is an abbreviation for “in re = in relation to” in Latin (p147)
・Mercari is Latin for “mercari = to trade” (p150)