Transfers ToCSUDescriptionThis course explores how Latin and Greek have become ingrained in modern languages. It addresses the historical development and cultural significance of Latin and Greek and provides an overview of terminology associated with academic and scientific disciplines. Students will analyze linguistic roots, compounds, affixing, verb groups, participles, and recognize basic principles of phonological, morphological, and semantic change. The course sheds light on the formation of neologisms and addresses English content-words in multiple disciplines such as medicine, botany and zoology, law, commerce and economics, philosophy, psychology, history, politics, religion, and mythology. Students will also reflect on the notion of linguistic legacy. No prior knowledge of Latin or Greek required. 