Latymer (surname)

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Latymer is an uncommon English surname.[1] It is an Anglo-Norman "surname of office" derived from latinier, or latimer, a speaker or writer of Latin, and since in Middle English leden meant "language", an interpreter.[2] This occupation existed in medieval Europe when Latin was the common language of science, literature, law, and administration and thus the vehicle of records and transcripts.

From the Anglo-Norman, Latymer had the meanings one who forges new ideas, who is well-schooled and wise, an envoy and interpreter.[3] Related names include Latimer, Lattemore and Lattimore.

Notable people with the name include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Promptorium Parvulorum and Corrections". Camden. Old Series. 25: 1–318. 1843. doi:10.1017/S2042169900011688. ISSN 2042-1699.
  2. ^ "A Concise Dictionary of Middle English, by A. L. Mayhew and Walter W. Skeat". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  3. ^ "Anglo-Norman Dictionary". Retrieved 2022-02-07.