English

lack-latin

From lack + Latin.

A compound of lack + Latin

Proto-Germanic *lakaz ‘limp’

Proto-Germanic *laką

Proto-West Germanic *lak

Old English *læc ‘deficiency’

Middle English lack

English lack

Latin Latium ‘the region around Rome’

Latin latīnus

Old French latin ‘Latin language’

Middle English Latyn

English Latin

Today it means

noun An uneducated, ignorant person.

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

Etymograph / lack-latin