English
latitudinal
Latitudinal comes from Latin lātitūdō ‘breadth, width, latitude’, and goes back to lātus ‘wide’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElātus‘wide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElātitūdōas lātitūdin-‘breadth, width, latitude’
- Englishtodaylatitudinal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElātus‘wide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElātitūdōas lātitūdin-‘breadth, width, latitude’
- Englishtodaylatitudinal
Formed from -al
Linked words
through Latin lātus ‘wide’
le, lateral, dilate, dilatation, 12 more
Today it means
adj Relating to latitude.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lātus / latitudinal