Latinize
Convert to Roman
Latinize means to give something a Latin form or character.
Names are Latinized when adapted to Latin spelling or grammar: Carolus for Charles, Amerigo becoming America.
Languages Latinize when they adopt the Latin alphabet.
The Catholic Church Latinized Western Europe by spreading Latin liturgy and customs.
The missionary's name was Latinized for official church records.
Make Roman in character
- westernizeAdopt Euro-American cultural practices
- anglicizeAdapt to English conventions
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- acculturateAdopt another group's practices
colonize · Christianize · convert · appropriate · impose · standardize · globalize · homogenize
Imposing imperial culture
- transliterationCross-script phonetic spelling
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
script · Cyrillic · Greek · Arabic · Hebrew · Hanzi · Hangul · pinyin
Study of structural forms
- inflectionWord form alteration
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- declensionNoun form variation
- syntaxRules for arranging words
etymology · loanword · calque · neologism · lexicon · vocabulary · classical · vulgar
Romanize
Make Roman in character
- westernizeAdopt Euro-American cultural practices
- anglicizeAdapt to English conventions
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
acculturate · colonize · Christianize · convert · appropriate · impose · standardize · globalize · homogenize · hegemony
Romanization
Imposing imperial culture
- transliterationCross-script phonetic spelling
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
orthography · script · Cyrillic · Greek · Arabic · Hebrew · Hanzi · Hangul · pinyin · rendering
morphology
Study of structural forms
- inflectionWord form alteration
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- declensionNoun form variation
syntax · etymology · loanword · calque · neologism · lexicon · vocabulary · classical · vulgar · ecclesiastical
Latinizeindigenize
Adapt to local culture
anglicize · localize · nativize · Germanize · nationalize