Research into the comparative tendency of all languages began in Calcutta, a British law court in India. This led to the observation of a relationship among Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin*.

Here's a summary of the provided text: Research into the comparative tendency of all languages began in Calcutta, a British law court in India. This led to the observation of a relationship among Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin*. William Jones noted the strong affinity between Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin, comparing their similarities in inflection*. An example table illustrates these similarities: English: house, mouse, I am Greek: domus, mus, eimi Sanskrit: damas, mus, asmi Latin: domus, mus, sum The discovery of these relationships among languages paved the way for the science of Comparative Linguistics, also known as Philology*. That's 2 down. 3 left today — send the next one.