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Latinism
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English
Etymology
en :af Latin -ism + 1
Noun
en rhetoric Any word or phrase borrowed from Latin, or suggestive of Latin.
en Ti Alkire, Carol Rosen Romance Languages: a historical introduction page 325 2010 [discussing numquam in the Old French portion of the Oaths of Strasbourg] a Latinizing spelling, maybe a pure Latinism, not surviving in modern French (but cf. Old French onques < umquam ‘ever’). Note the double negative, literally ‘will never make no pact’
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
en pseudo-Latinism
Translations
Latinism
Breton: br latinadur m
Catalan: ca llatinisme m
Czech: cs latinismus m
Dutch: nl latinisme n
Finnish: fi latinismi
German: de Latinismus m
Greek: el λατινισμός m
Italian: it latinismo m
Polish: pl latynizm m
Portuguese: pt latinismo m
Spanish: es latinismo m
Welsh: cy Lladineb f
Anagrams
en aiilmnst limitans
en 4-syllable words