Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, derived from, or suggestive of Latin.
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- adjective not comparable Of or
derived fromLatin . - adjective comparable
Characteristic of orpertaining to Latin.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In particular, he was suspicious of language reformers who wished to revive or fabricate "Anglo-Saxon" synonyms for "Latinate" words.
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Even in colonial America, Latin preserved its prestigious status as a distinctive language of the learned.xiii The Latinate character of SAT aptly, if tacitly, declared American English indebtedness to educational concepts forged in Latin.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Even in colonial America, Latin preserved its prestigious status as a distinctive language of the learned.xiii The Latinate character of SAT aptly, if tacitly, declared American English indebtedness to educational concepts forged in Latin.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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For hundreds of years from the Early Modern period to the present, most English banking language has consequently had a Latinate ring to it.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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For hundreds of years from the Early Modern period to the present, most English banking language has consequently had a Latinate ring to it.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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There would be no need to fight - the Latinate root of "to litigate".
Sharon Glassman: What is Work? Finding Your True Career in Life's Second Act Sharon Glassman 2010
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During the Industrial period and up to modern days, newfound knowledge and engineering science is frequently designated by direct Latin borrowings or coinages created from Latinate roots.
French/english Translation: the Unusual History of the English Language « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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This has resulted in the doubles for which the English is famous: a native Teutonic noun coupled with a Latinate adjective, for instance: eye and visual/ocular, arachnidian and spider.
French/english Translation: the Unusual History of the English Language « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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Whereas German or the Roman languages would each only have to contend with one source of linguistic derivation, English has to contend with both Latinate and Germanic derivations.
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Re: English has to contend with both Latinate and Germanic derivations.
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