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Latinity
Latinity comes from Latin Latīnitās ‘correct Latin style or usage, Latinity’, and goes back to Lat(ium).
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELat(ium)
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CELatīnus‘Latin’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CELatīnitās‘correct Latin style or usage, Latinity’
- Englishearliest quotation 1834Latinity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELat(ium)
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CELatīnus‘Latin’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CELatīnitās‘correct Latin style or usage, Latinity’
- Englishearliest quotation 1834Latinity
Earliest quotation: 1834, Mark Napier, His Lineage: “The banns being published, the next difficulty was to…”
Linked words
through Latin Latīnus ‘Latin’
Today it means
noun The quality of a particular person's Latin speech or writing; the Latin language, as an area of study or interest.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Lat(ium) / Latinity