English
Numantine
Numantine comes from Latin Numantīnus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CENumantīnus
- Englishearliest quotation 1683Numantine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CENumantīnus
- Englishearliest quotation 1683Numantine
Earliest quotation: 1683, James Turner, Of a Roman Legion, Marshall’d According to Polybius: “He [Polybius] was long after that a great favourite,…”
Every English word from Latin Numantīnus
Today it means
adj Of or relating to the ancient Celtiberian city of Numantia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Numantīnus / Numantine