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Latino

//ləˈtiːnəʊ// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of Latin American descent, Hispanic. US, not-comparable

    "She called Ottinger a "tool" of the business community and Lopez a "box checker,” apparently meaning that he was only nominally Latino and that he had acted in a way that was detrimental to the interests of Latinos."

Adjective
  1. 1
    related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of Latino. alt-of
  2. 2
    A person, especially and usually (interpreted as) a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. (Compare Latina.) US

    "Latinos have quickly become the largest ethnic minority in the United States."

  3. 3
    a native of Latin America wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

American English, first attested in the 1960s for a person of Spanish-speaking or Latin American ancestry (notably Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban), originally an (informal) shortened form of Spanish latinoamericano (“Latin American”, adjective). Its appearance probably coincided with the colloquial use of Anglo (for a person of British or White US descent) and Afro (for a person of Black or African US descent).

Etymology 2

American English, first attested in the 1960s for a person of Spanish-speaking or Latin American ancestry (notably Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban), originally an (informal) shortened form of Spanish latinoamericano (“Latin American”, adjective). Its appearance probably coincided with the colloquial use of Anglo (for a person of British or White US descent) and Afro (for a person of Black or African US descent).

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