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]] A Latinism (from ) is a word, , or structure in a language other than that is derived from, or suggestive of, the Latin language. The Free Dictionary: Latinism The Term Latinism refers to those that are borrowed into another language directly from (especially frequent among ); English has many of these, as well. There are many Latinisms in English, and other (especially European) languages.


Lexical Latinism
On the basic level of particular and , creation and adoption of Latinisms has a long history, dating back to the ancient times. Early lexical Latinisms are attested in various languages that came into contact with Latin language during the expansion of ancient Roman culture. The same process continued during the Middle Ages, and acquired new forms in modern times under the influence of scientific terminology, largely based on the . As a particular subgroup of lexical Latinisms, various Latinisms are formed through Latinisation of , including and .


Syntactical Latinism
Renewed interest in Classical Latin literature during the period resulted in the emergence of various forms of Latinisms, manifested by a tendency of renaissance and later authors to shape the syntax of their sentences according to rhetorical style used by Classical Latin authors, like and .G. Juan (2012): "Syntactic latinisms in the translation of the Eneida by don Enrique de Villena", Boletin de la Real Academia Espanola 92 (306), pp. 179-211.


Idiomatic Latinism
Idiomatic Latinisms are or that are adopted from Latin language, or modeled according to Latin phraseology.


See also
  • Latin influence in English
  • List of Latin expressions
  • List of Latin abbreviations
  • List of Latin legal terms

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