Latinate

American  

[lat-n-eyt] / ˈlæt nˌeɪt /

adjective

1. of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.

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Latinate British  

/ ˈlætɪˌneɪt /

adjective

1. (of writing, vocabulary, etc) imitative of or derived from Latin

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Etymology

Origin of Latinate

First recorded in 1900–05; Latin + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The Latinate reference deliberately invokes the transformative 1891 encyclical, “Rerum Novarum,” from his predecessor and namesake, Pope Leo XIII, which oriented the church toward the challenges of industrial society and its consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

But the Latinate words that the dance brings to mind are the ones that start with “circum,” or ”around.”

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2024

In the Huntington’s gardens, she helped revise labels for plants connected to Indigenous knowledge — on each, indicating their Indigenous, Spanish, English and scientific Latinate names.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2022

Michael Abels’ opening theme for Us, which features a children’s choir singing random Latinate syllables that sound like they must mean something—and probably something bad—but are actually gibberish:

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2019

But aside from inventing a Latinate name for a vague principle, Wolff could provide no further specifics.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee