Where does “Latimer” come from?

Latimer comes from Latin latinarius, meaning a person who uses Latin, via Vulgar Latin latimarus.

Latimer (English): A placename

Definitions

  1. A placename

Ancestry of “Latimer”, step by step

Latimer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin latimarus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinlatimarustranslator, interpreter
2Latinlatinariusinterpreter; Latinophone
3LatinLatīnusLatin; of or pertaining to Latium, the Latin language, people, or culture
4Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
5Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Old French latimier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlatimierinterpreter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →