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==Origin and development==

In [[Classicalclassical antiquity|Antiquity]], Romans were aware of the similarities between Greek and Latin, but did not study them systematically. They sometimes explained them mythologically, as the result of Rome being a Greek colony speaking a debased dialect.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stevens |first=Benjamin |date=2006 |title=Aeolism: Latin as a Dialect of Greek |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30038039 |journal=The Classical Journal |volume=102 |issue=2 |pages=115–144 |jstor=30038039 |issn=0009-8353}}</ref>

Even though grammarians of Antiquity had access to other languages around them ([[Oscan language|Oscan]], [[Umbrian language|Umbrian]], [[Etruscan language|Etruscan]], [[Gaulish language|Gaulish]], [[Ancient Egyptian|Egyptian]], [[Parthian language|Parthian]]...), they showed little interest in comparing, studying, or just documenting them. Comparison between languages really began after Antiquityclassical antiquity.

===Early works===