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Where does “Latin” come from?

Latin (Middle English) comes from Old English lǣden — Latin.

Latin (Middle English): Alternative form of Latyn

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of Latyn

Ancestry of “Latin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishlǣdenLatin

Words derived from “Latin”

  • L
  • Latin
  • cogitation
  • delatinization
  • Latino-Faliscan
  • Latinate
  • Latinist
  • Latinism
  • Latinophobia
  • lack-latin
  • Neo-Latin
  • Latino-
  • Latino-Punic
  • Anglo-Latin
  • Latn
Every word from Old English lǣden →