drei_lengua
Senior Member
English, United States
Hello everyone,
My wife is from Poland originally and I am learning Polish. Whenever I hear her talk to her parents I pick up on certain words that sound like they have Latin roots. For example, one day I wanted her father to read something. He said in Polish that he did not have his "okulary". From the context I knew he was referring to his glasses. Clearly this is Latin. So with that being said my questions are as follows:
1. Does "okulary" really come from the Latin oculus (pardon my Latin, I don't know it) or does it somehow come from the English "ocular" which means "having to do with the eyes". Of course the English word comes from Latin.
2. If my hypothesis is correct, what are other words in Polish with Latin roots?
3. If question 2 is correct, how did this come about historically?
Thanks in advance,
drei_lengua
My wife is from Poland originally and I am learning Polish. Whenever I hear her talk to her parents I pick up on certain words that sound like they have Latin roots. For example, one day I wanted her father to read something. He said in Polish that he did not have his "okulary". From the context I knew he was referring to his glasses. Clearly this is Latin. So with that being said my questions are as follows:
1. Does "okulary" really come from the Latin oculus (pardon my Latin, I don't know it) or does it somehow come from the English "ocular" which means "having to do with the eyes". Of course the English word comes from Latin.
2. If my hypothesis is correct, what are other words in Polish with Latin roots?
3. If question 2 is correct, how did this come about historically?
Thanks in advance,
drei_lengua