latinism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a word or phrase borrowed from Latin

WordNet

Lat"in*ism noun
Etymology
Cf. F. latinisme.
Definitions
  1. A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model. ✍ The term is also sometimes used by Biblical scholars to designate a Latin word in Greek letters, or the Latin sense of a Greek word in the Greek Testament.

Webster 1913