Where does “Lattimore” come from?
Lattimore derives from Latin latinarius, a term of unknown ultimate origin and meaning.
Ancestry of “Lattimore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | latimarus | translator, interpreter |
| 2 | Latin | latinarius | interpreter; Latinophone |
| 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 |