Most of English, root-wise (5)

I believe the answer is:

latin

(Other definitions for latin that I've seen before include "The language of Virgil" , "Language of ancient Rome" , "A Romance language" , "language class" , "ancient tongue" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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