The story
- French · borrowed fromlatine“Latin”
- English todaylateen
From French latine (“Latin”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: A triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail. Full definition →
French latine