And with the pontification of Pope Leo XIV comes the reminder that Latin is a very useful language ... Just look at some of the frequent words and phrases that pepper our everyday speech: ad ...

LEXICOLOGYEnglish is a rich melting pot of words borrowed and adapted from languages across the globe. Many long, elegant, or even tongue-twisting English words have surprising backstories that trace ...

While this spell sounds a lot like the English word "ridiculous," it can also be a derivative of the Latin word "ridiculum," which means "laughable." It's just spelled a little more magically.