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Originally Posted by Agema
English does not really have a formal standard in the way (to the best of my knowledge) that Latin did.
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The formal standard of English is a very vulgar Latin.
It's used in formal documents, encyclopedias, etc. The grammar has changed, but not the vocabulatory. Here's a short passage from Wikipedia article about Scientific Method, with non-Latin words emboldened and links to etymology for Greek and Latin words.
Scientific method refers to
bodies of
techniques for
investigating phenomena,
acquiring new knowledge, or
correcting and
integrating previous knowledge. To be
termed scientific, a
method of
inquiry must be based on
gathering observable,
empirical and
measurable evidence subject to
specific principles of
reasoning.