*SET-U

English word origin

Etymology of Latin

From Middle English Latyn, Latyne, Latin, from Old French latin, latyn, from Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus (adjective suffix). Displaced or merged with Old English Lǣden. Doublet of Ladin

3 source sectionsExtended source reportWiktionary original ↗
In this entry · 3 source sections

The source etymologies

Wiktionary via Kaikki / Wiktextract

The source reports below are imported and unreviewed by *SET-U. Separate numbered origins and differing source variants are preserved; agreement within this extraction is not independent corroboration.

Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
adj

Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium. · Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets. · Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire. · Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English Latyn, Latyne, Latin, from Old French latin, latyn, from Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus (adjective suffix). Displaced or merged with Old English Lǣden. Doublet of Ladin and Ladino.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

This page abbreviates 3 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.

Inspect preserved source fields

Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

{
  "templates": [
    {
      "name": "inh",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "Latyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English Latyn"
    },
    {
      "name": "der",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "latin"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French latin"
    },
    {
      "name": "der",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "latīnus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin latīnus"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "Lǣden"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English Lǣden"
    },
    {
      "name": "doublet",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Ladin",
        "3": "Ladino"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Ladin and Ladino"
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    [
      "Latyn",
      "Latyn#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "Latyne",
      "Latyne#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "Latin",
      "Latin#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "latin",
      "latin#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "latyn",
      "latyn#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "latīnus",
      "latinus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "Latium",
      "Latium#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-īnus",
      "-inus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "Lǣden",
      "Læden#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "Ladin",
      "Ladin#English"
    ],
    [
      "Ladino",
      "Ladino#English"
    ]
  ],
  "references": [],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "lang_code": "jam",
      "word": "Latn"
    }
  ],
  "lexical": [
    {
      "pos": "adj",
      "glosses": [
        "Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.",
        "Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.",
        "Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.",
        "Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "recordId": "04c9987eea7a74b9a07f983aef598a104eacf0da9e3a72f7000d9da3af902be0",
      "rawRecordSha256": "a0b5607ae3f633b9bacf341cf3750250ca47fe7843bb32b7350df2bb2e3950d8",
      "sourceRecordOrdinal": 328531
    }
  ],
  "omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
    "templates": 0,
    "links": 0,
    "references": 0,
    "descendants": 0,
    "lexicalRecords": 0,
    "lexicalSenses": 3,
    "glosses": 0
  }
}

Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
name

The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin. · The Latin alphabet or writing system. · The nonsense placeholder text (often based on real Latin) used in greeking.

noun

A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire. · A member of an Italic tribe that included the early inhabitants of the city of Rome, and from about 1000 BCE inhabited the region known as Old Latium. · A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin. · A person from Latin America.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English Latin, Latyn, from Old English Lǣden, from Vulgar Latin *ladinum (“Latin”) and Old French latin (“Latin”); all from Latin Latinus (“belonging to Latium”). Later influenced in form by the Latin word. Compare Dutch Latijn (“Latin”), German Latein (“Latin”), Swedish Latin (“Latin”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentionLatinenm
  • Inherited-form mentionLǣdenang
  • Derivation mentionlatinfro · Latin
  • Derivation mentionLatinusla · belonging to Latium
  • Cognate mentionLatijnnl · Latin
  • Cognate mentionLateinde · Latin
  • Cognate mentionLatinsv · Latin

This page abbreviates 1 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.

Inspect preserved source fields

Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

{
  "templates": [
    {
      "name": "inh",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "Latin"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English Latin"
    },
    {
      "name": "inh",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "Lǣden"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English Lǣden"
    },
    {
      "name": "der",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la-vul",
        "3": "*ladinum",
        "t": "Latin"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *ladinum (“Latin”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "der",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "latin",
        "t": "Latin"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French latin (“Latin”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "der",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Latinus",
        "t": "belonging to Latium"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Latinus (“belonging to Latium”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "Latijn",
        "t": "Latin"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch Latijn (“Latin”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Latein",
        "t": "Latin"
      },
      "expansion": "German Latein (“Latin”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "Latin",
        "t": "Latin"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish Latin (“Latin”)"
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    [
      "Latin",
      "Latin#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "Latyn",
      "Latyn#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "Lǣden",
      "Læden#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "*ladinum",
      "Reconstruction:Latin/ladinum"
    ],
    [
      "latin",
      "latin#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "Latinus",
      "Latinus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "Latium",
      "Latium"
    ],
    [
      "Latijn",
      "Latijn#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "Latein",
      "Latein#German"
    ],
    [
      "Latin",
      "Latin#Swedish"
    ]
  ],
  "references": [],
  "descendants": [],
  "lexical": [
    {
      "pos": "name",
      "glosses": [
        "The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin.",
        "The Latin alphabet or writing system.",
        "The nonsense placeholder text (often based on real Latin) used in greeking."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "countable"
      ],
      "recordId": "42fecbd01170058ba923d497bed4e2fabf12eaa4ffe3c7991eeb7df91c741fc4",
      "rawRecordSha256": "9ff3f357ba0f275ddc9ac6457451f586e1e32313bd32c6b2da2730a8d7dcec12",
      "sourceRecordOrdinal": 328532
    },
    {
      "pos": "noun",
      "glosses": [
        "A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.",
        "A member of an Italic tribe that included the early inhabitants of the city of Rome, and from about 1000 BCE inhabited the region known as Old Latium.",
        "A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin.",
        "A person from Latin America."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "recordId": "5e90289b67f662b9cd61e19d62248bbf5a4a7e6225c7bc62e46258476e7ed110",
      "rawRecordSha256": "03034d161acc9daeb7f4ca35fb7e257e0f4d9102de1b90b70c62337f470c6dc3",
      "sourceRecordOrdinal": 328533
    }
  ],
  "omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
    "templates": 0,
    "links": 0,
    "references": 0,
    "descendants": 0,
    "lexicalRecords": 0,
    "lexicalSenses": 1,
    "glosses": 0
  }
}

Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
name

A surname from Middle English.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Metonymic occupational surname for a Latinist, a clerk or keeper of Latin records, from Middle English Latyn. Compare Latimer.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Derivation mentionLatynenm
Inspect preserved source fields

Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

{
  "templates": [
    {
      "name": "der",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "Latyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English Latyn"
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    [
      "Latinist",
      "Latinist"
    ],
    [
      "Latyn",
      "Latyn#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "Latimer",
      "Latimer#English"
    ]
  ],
  "references": [],
  "descendants": [],
  "lexical": [
    {
      "pos": "name",
      "glosses": [
        "A surname from Middle English."
      ],
      "tags": [],
      "recordId": "7ac951f006623287816db2f9bd06301d16e8190ccf5796d5d4985d930448e057",
      "rawRecordSha256": "21ec774748778bdc4afbb5c0c7f4b0bec2f3ac7d48818f76358541ccb02e5804",
      "sourceRecordOrdinal": 328534
    }
  ],
  "omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
    "templates": 0,
    "links": 0,
    "references": 0,
    "descendants": 0,
    "lexicalRecords": 0,
    "lexicalSenses": 0,
    "glosses": 0
  }
}

Where this record stops

This page does not supply an independently verified sound-change sequence, first-use manuscript or complete family tree unless a cited analysis explicitly establishes one. Missing detail here is a limit of this record—not a claim that humanity knows nothing more.

An older meaning does not determine what a word must mean today. Follow the sources, preserve disagreements, and keep ancestry separate from interpretation.

Contribute located evidence for Latin →

Source and snapshot

Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

Dump: 2026-10-01 · Extracted: 2026-10-30. These are snapshot dates, not the word’s first attestation or the page’s revision date.

Source entry and bibliography ↗Wiktionary revision history ↗Acquisition and rights ledger
Machine-source provenance
Source SHA-256
5ff2c072f8099f2d2ce484bd6957bf179f046d2ad37bc36555edf8bb84cb5291
Import run
73216b9a9b78ed3830994bf853103716f5a4dc57099e371e9f8fdc468facca26
Permanent entry ID
w-TGF0aW4