Latinize

 
Pronunciation: /ˈlatɪnʌɪz/
(also Latinise)

verb

[with object]
  • 1give a Latin or Latinate form to (a word): his name was Latinized into Confucius
  • archaic translate into Latin: he had a hand in Latinizing that book
  • [no object] archaic use Latin forms or idiom: she Latinizes less in the poems that follow
  • 2make (a people) conform to the ideas and customs of the ancient Romans, the Latin peoples, or the Latin Church.

Derivatives

Latinization

Pronunciation: /-ˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

Latinizer

noun

Origin:

late 16th century: from late Latin Latinizare, from Latin Latinus (see Latin)