An example of Roman culture shown in the modern context is the word "Bronchitis". Over the past two weeks, I have had Bronchitis and I even had to miss a day of school because of it. When I was sick, I was, of course, bored and searched up the meaning of bronchitis on google to make sure that I wasn't going to die. I found out that the word "Bronchitis" derives from Latin, which isn't much of a shocker because Romans love pain. Bronchitis is combined with two different meanings, Bronch and Itis. Bronchus,-i means the two main branches of the trachea, the tube that connects the lungs, and Itis, the suffix used to mean inflammation in an organ. It is interesting to see how we can combine words from Latin that are totally different words to make a new word that makes sense.
Lucy Robinson
SITES:
definition of Bronchitis: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bronchitis
definition of bronchus: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bronchus
definition of itis: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/-itis
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