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I'm continually hearing about these, but don't know exactly what it means. In birth certificates, things like that...names were Latinized? Could someone explain?
Siri
Siri
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Latinisation & Latinate forms . . .
It basically means that the name was changed from its English/other language form to its Latin form (Latin being the "official" or "formal" language of many old documents).
Thus, Julian might be written as Julius, Mary as Maria, Anne as Anna, etc. If you search for "latinate" in "description" (as I've done here: http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=Latinate&nmd=d&gender=both&operator=or) you'll see some examples.
:-)
Edited to add: Latinate can also mean a name which simply has a Latin form (for girls names, this usually means ending in 'a').
It basically means that the name was changed from its English/other language form to its Latin form (Latin being the "official" or "formal" language of many old documents).
Thus, Julian might be written as Julius, Mary as Maria, Anne as Anna, etc. If you search for "latinate" in "description" (as I've done here: http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=Latinate&nmd=d&gender=both&operator=or) you'll see some examples.
:-)
Edited to add: Latinate can also mean a name which simply has a Latin form (for girls names, this usually means ending in 'a').
This message was edited 1/5/2005, 6:09 AM
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