English
ladino
Ladino comes from Spanish ladino ‘Latinized’, and goes back to Latin latīnus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElatīnus
- Spanishc. 1500–presentladino‘Latinized’
- Englishearliest quotation 1879same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElatīnus
- Spanishc. 1500–presentladino‘Latinized’
- Englishearliest quotation 1879same form
Earliest quotation: 1879, George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana: “In the production of the ladino the white element…”
Every English word from Latin latīnus
Another origin of ladino
- Italianc. 1300–presentladino‘Ladin’
- Englishtodaysame form
Borrowed from Italian ladino (‘Ladin’), because the clover grows in Ladin-speaking areas.
Today it means
noun A cunningly vicious, wild or unmanageable horse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin latīnus / ladino