Latin.
Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.
Meaning & usage
Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.
Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.
Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.
Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome.
Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.
Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.
Roman Catholic; of or pertaining to the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.
Where this word comes from
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.
The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin.
The Latin alphabet or writing system.
The nonsense placeholder text (often based on real Latin) used in greeking.
Where this word comes from
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”).
A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.
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.
A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin.
A person from Latin America.
A person adhering to Roman Catholic practice.
Where this word comes from
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”).
A surname from Middle English.
Where this word comes from
Metonymic occupational surname for a Latinist, a clerk or keeper of Latin records, from Middle English Latyn. Compare Latimer.
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