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This is a list of words that arose in [[Vulgar Latin]] which replaced the existing [[Latin]] word in at least one [[Romance language]]. 
 
== Grammatical changes ==

* <small>OPTIMOS</small> > [[meliores]] (Portuguese [[melhores]], Spanish [[mejores]], French [[meilleurs]], Italian [[migliori]], "better (plural)")
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* <small></small> > [[pavimentum]] (Romanian [[pământ]], "earth")
* <small></small> > [[formosus]] (Romanian [[frumos]], "beautiful")
* <small></small> > [[campus]] (Romanian [[câmp]], French [[champ]], "land")
* <small></small> > [[circellus]] (Romanian [[cerce
il]], "juleewelry for the year, earring")
* <small></small> > [[herba]] (Romanian [[iarbă]], French [[herbe]], "grass")
* <small></small> > [[nox, noctis]] (Romanian [[noapte]], French [[nuit]], "night")
* <small></small> > [[luna]] (Romanian [[lună]], French [[lune]], "the moon")
* <small></small> > *[[quene]] (= quem) (Romanian [[cine]], French [[qui]], "who")
* <small></small> > [[magis]] (Romanian [[mai]], one of the most used words in Romanian to say quite anything: [[mai bine]] = better ([[bine]] = good), [[mai mult]] = more, [[mai vreau]] = I want more, [[mai repede]] = faster, [[încă mai]] = still and again (încă = encore in French, no translation into English), [[mai incolo]] = further, and so on but [[mai]] alone has absolutely no meaning)

== Strange ==
* ???<small>ISSET</small> > [[ambulasset]] (French [[allait]], Romanian [[se dusese]], "he went")???

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