Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20130202175501/@comment-32656-20130418124256

Actually, that probably is not the root word - there is many theories on its origins.

English is a Germanic language, with French influences. There is, in fact, very few Latin words anywhere in it - and most of what you could argue are "Latin," are words transferred from French at some point.

Brianza is the spelling in English and Italian.

No, I'm not saying that China would be more accepting of it, or that they would be like otl. All I am saying is that China did not have a "hard time" modernizing.