latinism

Q: Where does latinism come from?

Etymology tree English Latin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Latinism From Latin + -ism.

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: la-tin-ism
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noun

Any word or phrase borrowed from Latin, or suggestive of Latin.

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"[discussing numquam in the Old French portion of the Oaths of Strasbourg] a Latinizing spelling, maybe a pure Latinism, not surviving in modern French (but cf. Old French onques < umquam ‘ever’). Note the double negative, literally ‘will never make no pact’"

Etymology

Etymology tree English Latin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Latinism From Latin + -ism.

Inflected Forms

Latinisms (plural)

Phrases

pseudo-Latinism

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What does latinism mean?

Any word or phrase borrowed from Latin, or suggestive of Latin.

Where does latinism come from?

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