latinate in English

adjective
1
(of language) having the character of Latin.
Latinate suffixes

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1. Alexandretta is a variant form of Alexandra (Greek): Latinate feminine variant spelling of Alexander

2. Alexandrine is an alternate spelling of Alexandra (Greek): Latinate feminine respelling of Alexander

3. Averroes is a Latinate distortion of the actual Arab name Ibn Rushd

4. Origin of Absquatulate Mock-Latinate formation (perhaps influenced by abscond) purporting to mean “to go off and squat elsewhere” ab- squat -ulate (as in perambulate) From American Heritage Dictionary …

5. Anglish in English Linguistic purism in the English language is the belief that words of native origin should be used instead of foreign-derived ones (which are mainly Latinate and Greek)

6. You may correctly use either the Latinate “Axillae” or the Anglicized “axillas.” The variants are joined by “or,” which the dictionary says means that “the two spellings occur with equal or nearly equal frequency and can be considered equal variants.”

7. Christendom (n.) Old English cristendom "Christianity, state of being a Christian, profession of faith in Christ by baptism," from cristen (see Christian) + -dom, suffix of condition or quality.The native formation, crowded out by Latinate Christianity except in the sense of "lands where Christianity is the dominant religion" (late 14c.)