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by rzzzt 8 days ago
It's also Latin and Greek for beaver which is more likely the origin of the name.
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Latin and Greek aren’t one of the working languages at CERN (French and English are)
also spanish
I would say "Italian" :)
And Portuguese. :)

And to keep this thread, I think our three languages should count as one, because at least 20 years ago, it was quite common to have Portuguese, Italian and Spanish mingle in several activities.

Source, ATLAS TDAQ/HLT Alumni.

I was just commenting based on the cliche that Italians are everywhere at CERN. So you will always hear Italian language.
They are, that is how learnt Italian without much effort. :)