Nicolaus Copernicus is the Latinate name of the renowned astronomer and polymath, born in 1473 to a well-placed mercantile family in the Polish town of Torun.
The latter is a corruption of the Latinate words for ‘black.’
She found herself using large Latinate words, the meanings of which she never could have paraphrased, but which reproduced themselves in her sentences with startling precision.
But English is only partly a Latinate language.
The 15th century represents a low point for the Latinate tradition, but it revives in the 16th century under the impact of humanism and the regeneration of the universities.
Definition of Latinate in US English:
Latinate
adjectiveˈlatnˌātˈlætnˌeɪt
(of language) having the character of Latin.
（语言）有拉丁语特征的
Latinate suffixes
Example sentencesExamples
The latter is a corruption of the Latinate words for ‘black.’
The 15th century represents a low point for the Latinate tradition, but it revives in the 16th century under the impact of humanism and the regeneration of the universities.
She found herself using large Latinate words, the meanings of which she never could have paraphrased, but which reproduced themselves in her sentences with startling precision.
But English is only partly a Latinate language.
Nicolaus Copernicus is the Latinate name of the renowned astronomer and polymath, born in 1473 to a well-placed mercantile family in the Polish town of Torun.