Annalisa Quinn writes about books for NPR.org. When Pope Benedict XVI unexpectedly announced his resignation in a short Latin speech this week, Italian journalist Giovanna Chirri used her knowledge of ...

Hello, I'm just curious about what is the Latin origin of the word "Celeron." Someone told me that it's something like "cellus .....", meaning "small but powerful" but we are not sure.<P>I hope ...

A knowledge of Latin is essential to understanding the original meaning of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, ...

In the past decade or so, I’ve watched as a linguistic shift has occurred from using “African-American” to “Black.” When I was younger, I sensed the difference between the two: African-American was ...