Where does “latiniser” come from?
latiniser (French) comes from Medieval Latin latinizo, from Latin Latīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
latiniser (French): to Latinize
Ancestry of “latiniser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | latinizo | I translate into Latin; I speak Latin |
| 2 | Latin | Latīnus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -īnus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |