Ha ha, it is true that those languages have many words that are derived from Latin, but language occurring by accident... Well, the progression of one language into the next is more complicated than that. I just want to say that I have studied Latin for almost six years and I have dabbled in both French and Spanish. They are not as similar as you would think. Not only is pronunciation different, but there are other variations in the grammatical structure and spelling.

For example, the word egg. Ovo, oeuf, and heuvo. All are similar, but they each sound different, each are spelled different, and each get utilized differently when put into a sentence. In a way, the evolution of a language is somewhat by accident, because it does partially have to do with dialects and slang, but like I said before it really is more complicated than just that.

Parasyte (4 weeks ago) Were there any swear words in Latin?

Chicken Nugget (4 weeks ago) Yeah, there are things like scortilla (whore), and other jibes about being ugly with a slobbery mouth or being endowed with an oversized penis. If you translate freely, then you can create more common phrases of our modern language, sancte merdam (holy shit). I dunno, if you are looking for more classical forms of Roman profanity and then Catullus and Martial have a lot of that. It is very vivid.

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Languages evolve, especially when the cultures are more or less isolated.

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Most modern languages are accidents that came from ancient languages. Regional dialects and barbarian influences caused an unintentional transition from Latin to things like Spanish, French, and English, in their older forms. Current languages are more like accidental deritivitives of their older forms, like Modern English is to the Middle English of Geoffrey Chaucer.

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