About one-third of american words come from latin or greek.
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About one-third of American words come from Latin or Greek. These have found their way into the language in several ways. Greek words have often found their way into English indirectly through Latin. Sometimes, they have been directly borrowed from Greek authors. Finally, sometimes Greek elements are combined in order to create new words, particularly in the sciences. In the case of Latin, some of these mechanisms have applied as well. Also, many Latin words have found their way to English through Romance languages, particularly French.

pepin the short[a] (german: pippin der kurze, french: pépin le bref, c. 714 – 24 september 768) was the king of the franks from 751 until his death. he was the first of the carolingians to become king.[b][2]

the younger son of the frankish prince charles martel and his wife rotrude, pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of st. denis. succeeding his father as the mayor of the palace in 741, pepin reigned over francia jointly with his elder brother carloman. pepin ruled in neustria, burgundy, and provence, while his brother carloman established himself in austrasia, alemannia and thuringia. the brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the bavarians, aquitanians, saxons, and the alemanni in the early years of their reign. in 743, they ended the frankish interregnum by choosing childeric iii, who was to be the last merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the franks.

1 > george s. boutwell

2 > general ulysses s. grant

3 > james a. garfeild

4 > adolph e. borie