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English

Latin

/ˈlæt.ɪn/
Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    From Middle English Latyn, Latyne, Latin, from Old French latin, latyn, from Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus (adjective suffix). Displaced or merged with Old English Lǣden. Doublet of Ladin and Ladino.

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English Latin, Latyn, from Old English Lǣden, from Vulgar Latin *ladinum (“Latin”) and Old French latin (“Latin”); all from Latin Latinus (“belonging to Latium”). Later influenced in form by the Latin word. Compare Dutch Latijn (“Latin”), German Latein (“Latin”), Swedish Latin (“Latin”).

    Etymology 3

    Metonymic occupational surname for a Latinist, a clerk or keeper of Latin records, from Middle English Latyn. Compare Latimer.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Lineage

    • derivedEnglishJustus “A male given name from Latin.”
      • derivedEnglishtheir “Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).”
      • derivedLatiniūstus “just”
    • derivedEnglishthe “...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or ve…”
      • derivedEnglish7th
      • derivedEnglishSweden “A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden. Capital: Stockholm.”
      • derivedEnglishJohn “A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle A…”
      • derivedEnglishEisen “A surname from German.”
      • derivedEnglishMilonakis—himself
      • derivedEnglishmull “To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.”
      • derivedEnglishNîmes “A city, the capital of Gard department, Occitania, southern France, formerly in the region of Langu…”
      • derivedEnglishon “In the state of being active, functioning or operating.”
      • derivedEnglishpassio “suffering”
      • derivedEnglishmarine “Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the …”
      • derivedEnglishninny “A silly or foolish person.”
      • derivedEnglishlack “A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.”
      • derivedEnglishtalking “The action of the verb talk.”
      • derivedEnglisha “The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script.”
      • derivedEnglishPlacerville “A city, the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States.”
      • derivedEnglishinside “The interior or inner part.”
      • derived (possibly)Englishwhich “What, of those mentioned or implied.”
      • derivedEnglishacetylierte
      • derivedEnglishBlau “A surname from German.”
      • derivedEnglishan “Used before a vowel sound.”
      • derivedEnglishFahr “A surname from German.”
      • derived (possibly)EnglishMatthew “A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.”
      • derivedEnglishBMC
      • derivedLatin-plus “-ple”
      • derivedEnglishming “To mix, blend, mingle.”
      • derivedEnglishRuaghagain
      • derivedEnglishhome “One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which …”
      • derivedEnglishkind “A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may b…”
      • derivedEnglishits “Belonging to it.”
      • derivedEnglishfirst “Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.”
      • derivedEnglish1940
      • derivedProto-Germanic*landą “land”
      • derivedEnglishKohl “A surname from German.”
      • derivedEnglishMöhn
      • derivedEnglishÓ “descendant”
      • derivedEnglishsmelting “The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.”
      • borrowedEnglishJapanese “Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture.”
      • derivedEnglishDurst “A surname.”
      • partEnglish新 “new”
      • derivedEnglishcarrying “Transportation.”
      • derivedEnglishgunfire “Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.”
      • derivedEnglishseemingly “As it appears; apparently.”
      • derivedEnglishBusch “A surname.”
      • derivedEnglishboth “Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.”
      • derivedEnglishNeapolitan “Of, from or relating to the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the sur…”
      • derivedEnglishNARG “not a real gentleman”
      • derivedEnglishThe
      • derivedEnglish1993
      • derivedEnglishsyllaba “syllable”
      • derivedEnglishδαμάω “to tame”
      • derivedEnglishtits “Used to express dismay or annoyance.”
      • derivedEnglishthis “The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).”
      • derivedEnglishany “To even the slightest extent; at all.”
      • derivedEnglishking “A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his natio…”
      • derivedEnglishpissed “Drunk.”
      • partEnglishin- “in, into, towards, within.”
      • derivedEnglishTerra “The Roman earth goddess, equivalent in the interpretatio graeca to Gaea.”
      • derivedEnglishstaged “Of an event, intentionally performed while being falsely contrived to appear authentic or coinciden…”
      • partEnglishwīg “war”
      • derivedEnglishScandinavian “Someone from Scandinavia.”
      • derivedEnglishHermann “A surname from German borrowed from German Hermann.”
      • derivedEnglish-splain “A suffix combined with a descriptive adjective or noun to create a verb meaning someone who fits th…”
      • derivedGermanPyridin “pyridine”
      • derived (possibly)Englishpound “A unit of weight in various measurement systems.”
      • derivedEnglishfalling
      • derivedEnglishone “The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.”
      • derivedEnglishHeu “hay”
      • derivedEnglishthere “In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away …”
      • derivedEnglishCraig's
      • derived (possibly)Englishde- “reversal, undoing”
      • derivedEnglishhouseholds
      • derivedLatindolor “pain”
      • derivedEnglishLugau
      • derivedEnglishairports
      • derivedEnglishportable “Able to be carried or easily moved.”
      • derivedEnglishlux “In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen pe…”
      • derivedEnglishabove “Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.”
      • derivedEnglishbenzyl-methyl
      • partEnglishvitamin “Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth…”
      • derivedLatinaēneus “made of copper or bronze”
      • derivedEnglishἕρπω “I creep”
      • derivedEnglishother “See other (determiner) below.”
      • partEnglishsnow “The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in fl…”
      • derivedEnglishcut “To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.”
      • derivedEnglishQueen “A title used before the personal name of a queen.”
      • derived (possibly)EnglishLeid
      • derived (possibly)Englishhamr
      • derivedEnglishever “Always, frequently, forever.”
      • derivedEnglishDante's
      • derivedEnglishtasting “A small amount of food or drink.”
      • derivedEnglishsċeaft “shaft”
      • derivedEnglishdry “Free from or lacking moisture.”
      • derivedEnglishSchleswig-Holstein “One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nati…”
      • derivedEnglishwas “Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.”
      • derivedEnglishYpres “A city in West Flanders, Belgium.”
      • derivedEnglishproduction “The act of producing, making or creating something.”
      • derivedEnglishthunderbird “A mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous North A…”
      • derivedMalaysinga
      • derivedEnglish1945
      • derivedEnglishπεριστερά “pigeon”
      • derivedEnglishGreece “A country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athen…”
      • derivedEnglishColumn
    • derivedEnglishAncient
    • derivedEnglishpēnultimus
    • derivedEnglishdilapidare “to destroy with stones”
    • partEnglishprae “before”
    • derivedEnglishnotare “to observe”
    • derivedEnglishvīndēmĭa “grape-gathering, vintage”
    • derivedEnglishcapillus
    • possiblyMedieval Latinrather
    • partAncient Greekφῐ́λος “loving”
    • partEnglishcor “Expression of surprise.”
    • partAncient Greekδελφύς “womb, uterus”
    • inheritedMiddle EnglishLatyn
    • inheritedMiddle EnglishLatin
    • derivedMiddle EnglishLatyn

    Related: English Ladino (doublet), English Ladin (doublet), Old English Lǣden, Dutch Latijn, German Latein, Swedish Latin

    Words built on it: New, French

    Meanings

    adj
    1. Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.
    2. Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.
    3. Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.
    4. Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome.
    5. Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.
    6. Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.
    name
    1. The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin.
    2. The Latin alphabet or writing system.
    3. The nonsense placeholder text (often based on real Latin) used in greeking.
    noun
    1. A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.
    2. A member of an Italic tribe that included the early inhabitants of the city of Rome, and from about 1000 BCE inhabited the region known as Old Latium.
    3. A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin.
    4. A person from Latin America.
    5. A person adhering to Roman Catholic practice.

    Sources

    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: Latin