Latino
proper noun
- person of Latin American descent
- family name
- male given name
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ləˈtiːnəʊ/ / /ləˈtinoʊ/ / /læ-/
adj
Etymology: American English, first attested in the 1960s for a person of Spanish-speaking or Latin American ancestry (notably Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban), originally an (informal) shortened form of Spanish latinoamericano (“Latin American”, adjective). Its appearance probably coincided with the colloquial use of Anglo (for a person of British or White US descent) and Afro (for a person of Black or African US descent).
- Of Latin American descent, Hispanic.
“She called Ottinger a "tool" of the business community and Lopez a "box checker,” apparently meaning that he was only nominally Latino and that he had acted in a way that was detrimental to the interests of Latinos.”
noun
Etymology: American English, first attested in the 1960s for a person of Spanish-speaking or Latin American ancestry (notably Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban), originally an (informal) shortened form of Spanish latinoamericano (“Latin American”, adjective). Its appearance probably coincided with the colloquial use of Anglo (for a person of British or White US descent) and Afro (for a person of Black or African US descent).
- A person, especially and usually (interpreted as) a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. (Compare Latina.)
“Latinos have quickly become the largest ethnic minority in the United States.”
“Certainly, the activists in this study believe that Latinos face antibrown racism and consider racial justice for Latinos to be an increasingly important part of America's racial justice agenda.”