Latinised

Latinised, or Latinized in American spelling, is an adjective and past participle form of the verb latinize. It describes something made Latin in form, character, or usage, or rendered according to Latin conventions. The term is used across linguistics, history, onomastics, and biology to indicate alignment with Latin language norms or with Latin orthography and grammar.

In linguistics and philology, Latinisation refers to the process of adapting non-Latin words, names, or phrases to Latin phonology, morphology, or script. This often involves adding Latin endings, conforming to Latin word order, or rendering names with Latin spellings in scholarly texts. Latinised forms have historically facilitated multilingual scholarship and manuscript transmission in European intellectual culture.

In onomastics and historical writing, many non-Latin names and toponyms were Latinised to appear in Latin chronicles and documents. Personal names could be rendered as Ioannes or Ioannes for John, Georgius for George, and similar forms, while place names were rendered as well-known Latin equivalents such as Gallia for Gaul or Germania for the Germanic lands. The practice helped standardize references in learned works across languages.

In biology and taxonomy, Latinised forms are standard in scientific names. The binomial nomenclature assigns genus and species in a Latinized form, using Latin grammar and italics, to provide a universal, stable reference independent of modern vernaculars.

Overall, Latinisation denotes the adoption or rendering of forms in accordance with Latin linguistic or scholarly conventions.