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Vinony

latinization

noun

  1. act or process of translation, shifting diachronically into Latin
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English latinize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English latinization From latinize + -ation.

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Latinization.

    “[W]e are indebted for the term “merry-Andrew” to a native of the, at present, dullest little cluster of houses in England—this very identical Pevensey itself. It was there, that Andrew Borde, or, according to his own absurd latinization of his name, Andreas Perforatus, first saw the light.”