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Latinism

Latinism noun: any word or phrase borrowed from Latin, or suggestive of Latin.

Noun

Latinism (plural Latinisms)

  1. (rhetoric) Any word or phrase borrowed from Latin, or suggestive of Latin.
    • [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’2010, Ti Alkire, Carol Rosen, Romance Languages: a historical introduction page 325

Forms of Latinism

pluralLatinisms

Origin of Latinism

From Latin + -ism.

Words formed from Latinism

Questions about Latinism

What does Latinism mean?
Latinism means any word or phrase borrowed from Latin, or suggestive of Latin.
What part of speech is Latinism?
Latinism is a noun.
What is the plural of Latinism?
The plural of Latinism is Latinisms.

Words near Latinism in the dictionary

  1. Latinisations
  2. Latinise
  3. Latinised
  4. Latinises
  5. Latinising
  6. Latinism
  7. Latinisms
  8. Latinist
  9. Latinistic
  10. Latinistical
  11. Latinists

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