Other forms: latins
Latin is the ancient language of Rome, still studied today. Study Latin, in Latin, a Latin motto.
It never quite died: it turned into Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian, and it stayed the written language of European learning until about 1700. Law, medicine and biology still run on it. Note Latin America, named for the Latin-derived languages spoken there.
1nounlatinThe ancient language of Rome.
“Many English words, such as animal and video, come directly from Latin.”
latin is a language.
Latin
latīnus
Old French
latin
Middle English
Latyn
English
Latin
English, today
latin
Built from
Latin comes from Middle English Latyn, Latyne, Latin, from Old French latin, latyn, from Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus. Displaced or merged with Old English Lǣden. a doublet of Ladin and Ladino.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in School Subjects