Latinate

Learned borrowing from Latin latināt(us) (“Latin-speaking”), from Latin latīnō (“to speak Latin”). By surface analysis, Latin +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lăʹtĭnət, IPA^(key): /ˈlætɪnət/
• (General American) enPR: lăʹtǐnət, IPA^(key): /ˈlætɪnət/, [ˈlæʔənəʔ]
• (General American) enPR: lăʹtǐnāt, IPA^(key): /ˈlætɪneɪt/, [ˈlæʔɪneɪʔ] (more common in the United States)

Latinate (comparative more Latinate, superlative most Latinate)

1. (not comparable) Of or derived from Latin.
2. (comparable) Characteristic of or pertaining to Latin.

• unlatinate

• “Latinate, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

• Nattalie