Translation
Latin
Word origin
From Latin latinus, 'of Latium', the region around Rome where the language was first spoken. The language named itself after its home ground, and every European language borrowed the name along with the vocabulary.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- latinus
- English cognates
- Latin
Examples
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Many Esperanto words come from the Latin language.
preĝojn.
In the old church they sang Latin prayers.
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Latin was for centuries the language of science.
As with other language names, the adjective does double duty: (with understood) means the Latin language itself. Fitting, given that Esperanto draws most of its roots from Latin's descendants.
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