English
latrant
Latrant comes from Latin lātrans ‘barking, ranting’, from latrō ‘to bark, to rant’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leh₂-‘to bark, howl’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lātromreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElatrōas lātrāre, present participle‘to bark, to rant’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElātrans‘barking, ranting’
- Englishearliest quotation 1702latrant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leh₂-‘to bark, howl’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lātromreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElatrōas lātrāre, present participle‘to bark, to rant’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElātrans‘barking, ranting’
- Englishearliest quotation 1702latrant
Earliest quotation: 1702, Cotton Mather, Book VII (Ecclesarium Prælia: […]): “And that the Balant and Latrant Noiſes of that…”
Formed from latrate + -ant
Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- ‘to bark, howl’
Proto-Italic *lātrom
Latin lātrō ‘to bark’
Latin lātrātus
English latrate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- ‘to bark, howl’
loom, lull, lament, lethargic, latent, loll, lethe, laika, alastor, 15 more
through Latin latrō ‘to bark, to rant’
Today it means
adj Synonym of barking, particularly (figurative) snarling, bitterly or angrily complaining.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- / latrant