Latino
noʊ, læ-Also, la·ti·no.
Origin:
1945–50, Americanism; < American Spanish, special use of Spanish latino Latin, perhaps by ellipsis from latinoamericano Latin-American
1945–50, Americanism; < American Spanish, special use of Spanish latino Latin, perhaps by ellipsis from latinoamericano Latin-American
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Latino (læˈtiːnəʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -nos | |
| (US) an inhabitant of the US who is of Latin American origin | |
| La'tina | |
| —fem n | |
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Latino
"male Latin inhabitant of the United States" (fem. Latina), 1946, Amer.Eng., from Amer.Sp., shortening of Latinoamericano "Latin-American." As an adj., attested from 1974.
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