In fields as varied as mathematics, physics, astronomy, medicine, pharmacy, biology, and philosophy, Latin still provides internationally accepted names of concepts, forces, objects, and organisms in the natural world. Some common phrases that are still in use in many languages have remained fixed in Latin, like the well-known dramatis personae or habeas corpus.įurther information: International scientific vocabulary and English words of Greek origin Similarly, the motto on the Canadian Victoria Cross is in Latin, perhaps due to Canada's bilingual status. The official motto of the multilingual European Union, adopted as recently as 2000, is the Latin In varietate concordia. Queen by the Grace of God, Defender of the Faith). F♽ ( Dei Gratia Regina, Fidei Defensatrix, i.e.Similarly, current pound sterling coins are minted with the Latin inscription ELIZABETH Old mottos like E pluribus unum, found in 1776 on the Seal of the United States, along with Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum, and adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782, are still in use. The official use of Latin in previous eras has survived at a symbolic level in many mottos that are still being used and even coined in Latin to this day. Some minor communities also use Latin in their speech.
Latin is still present in words or phrases used in many languages around the world, as a relic of the great importance of New Latin, which was the formerly dominant international lingua franca down to the 19th century in a great number of fields.
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