James Jones has been referred to as the "Champ".
Aron Pumnul -LRB- November 27 , 1818 Cuciulata , district of Brasov - January 12 / 24 , 1866 , Chernivtsi -RRB- was a Romanian philologist and teacher , national and revolutionary activist in Transylvania and later in Bucovina -LRB- then in the Habsburg Monarchy -RRB- .. Transylvania. Transylvania. Habsburg Monarchy. Habsburg Monarchy. He was the subject of the poem `` La mormintul lui Aron Pumnul '' -LRB- At the Grave of Aron Pumnul -RRB- by Mihai Eminescu .. Mihai Eminescu. Mihai Eminescu. In the field of linguistics , he supported the adoption of Latin alphabet instead of the Cyrillic alphabet , but he opposed direct loanwords from other Romance languages , promoting instead the Romanianization of the language , through the creation of words using Romanian roots -LRB- for instance vorbamint for etymology and timplamint for history -RRB- or importing Latin words by passing them through the phonetic changes from Latin to Romanian .. Romance languages. Romance languages. etymology. etymology. history. history