Etymograph

English

Latiner

Latiner comes from Latin latinārius, from lingua ‘the tongue’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s‘tongue’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dn̥ɣwā‘tongue’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdingua‘pre-classical form of lingua’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElingua‘the tongue’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElatinārius
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400latinier
  7. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400latimer
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500latyner
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1689Latiner

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s‘tongue’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dn̥ɣwā‘tongue’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdingua‘pre-classical form of lingua’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElingua‘the tongue’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElatinārius
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400latinier
  7. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400latimer
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500latyner
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1689Latiner

Earliest quotation: 1689, John Selden, Table-Talk: “Latimer is the Corruption of Latiner, it ſignifies he…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue’

tongue, tung, 19 more

through Latin dingua ‘pre-classical form of lingua’

linguistics, sublingual, langue, 19 more

through Latin lingua ‘the tongue’

language, lang, linguistic, bilingual, lingo, linguist, lingual, lingua, linguine, 22 more

Today it means

noun Synonym of interpreter.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s / Latiner

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