latinized
- adjective
- /ˈlætɪnaɪzd/
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latinizado
- Scholars often discuss how names were latinized to fit with Roman naming conventions, making them easier for the populace to pronounce.
- latinized name
Examples
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These peasants, Latinized descendants of the indigenous Guaymas, had been slowly migrating toward the Chagres River basin ever since the 19th century (Panama, 1916).
Academic text (1993) -
Whether Britain ever became Latinized is up for debate.
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Europeans used the works of the great Arab scholar-scientists of a millennium ago as the foundations for European science (which is why so many Arab scholars are known by their Latinized names).
Academic text (2003) -
The name itself is a Latinized version of Sindhu, which means river in ancient Sanskrit, and from which the word "Hindu" and its concomitant ethnoreligious identity emerged.
Academic text (2008) -
Many European languages have been latinized, incorporating elements of Latin vocabulary and grammar.
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The latinized term 'administratio' reflects the influence of Latin on administrative language in various fields.
Synonyms
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Made from Latin words or like Latin in style
How Latinate
Surface Forms
Morphology
latinized = latinize (semi-transparent) = latin + ize + ed
This is a regular adjectival/past-participial form of 'latinize', and the meaning is directly built from 'Latin' plus the verbalizing suffix '-ize'.
Etymology
The word latinized comes from Latin, the language of ancient Rome, plus the part -ize which means 'make' (as in modernize). So to be latinized is to be made to look or sound like Latin, which is why many scientific names are changed into a Latin style.