Latin

Latin · adjective¹

1. Latin · derived fromlatīnus
2. Old French · derived fromlatin
3. Middle English · inherited fromLatyn
4. English todayLatin

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.

Latin · proper noun, noun²

1. Latin · derived fromLatinus“belonging to Latium”
2. Old French · derived fromlatin“Latin”
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*ladinum“Latin”
4. Old English · inherited fromLǣden
5. Middle English · inherited fromLatin
6. English todayLatin

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”).

Latin · proper noun³

1. Middle English · derived fromLatyn
2. English todayLatin

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

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