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I suppose the approach one takes to this might depend on the context. For example, my conlangs exist in an imaginary environment that lacks Greek -- so, clearly, it would be difficult to justify Greek loanwords, and I need some other solution. On the other hand, my understanding of Real History has been that Vulgar Latin or Proto-Romance ended up with perhaps a higher concentration of Greek loanwords than Classical Latin had, simply through contact with lots of Koine Greek speakers in the eastern parts of the Empire. Cheers, Carl On 03 Mar 2011, at 14:04 , thomasruhm wrote: > I started to change latin words into stages they would have had in Old Latin. Many of them did not have that meaning or I rebuilt terms which are certainly newer part by part. So far I did use greek words too but I would like to have pure Latin words or circumlocations as as alternatives. > > I read something about, that some romans felt, that there where too many greek words in Latin. There was a quotation about that from their time. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > romconlang-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Carl Edlund Anderson http://www.carlaz.com/