Where does “Latin” come from?
Latin comes from Middle English Latyn, from Latin -inus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European -no-.
Latin (English): Of or relating to the language spoken in ancient...
Definitions
- Of or relating to the language spoken in ancient...
Ancestry of “Latin”, step by step
Latin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English Latyn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Latyn | Relating to the Latin language; Relating to the... |
| 2 | Old French | latin | Latin language |
| 3 | Latin | Latīnus | Latin; of or pertaining to Latium, the Latin language, people, or culture |
| 4 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |