By spreading Latin to many places throught europe rome contributed the latin or "Romatic" influence to many languages throughout europe today as many of them are amalgamations of latin and the native languages of the area along with some other outside influences over the years. A example of this is the word autumn in english meaning the season before winter and after summer traces its origin back to the word autumus in latin meaning the season of harvest or abundance and<span> autompne</span> in old french also meaning autumn
