cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 7 days agoWhy are Latinos and south american/mexican stuff called Latin?message-squaremessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareWhy are Latinos and south american/mexican stuff called Latin?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 7 days agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·7 days ago“Latin” in the original meaning of the word? Only the ones from Lazio / Latium. “Latin” as in “Romance language speaker”? Most of them are (except Albanian, Greek, German speakers.) “Latin” as in “culture backtracking to Roman culture”? Yes. “Latin” as “weird United-Statian word for person with mixed Caucasian / Amerindian heritage”? No. …so, it depends on how you use the word, really.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoAnd history. Italy was a nation-state long ago. No need for a new label. Your explanation above does a great job clarifying it from an historical perspective.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoIt’s not that Italians aren’t Latin, it’s that Italy didn’t have any colonies in the Americas.
why arent italians latin?
“Latin” in the original meaning of the word? Only the ones from Lazio / Latium.
“Latin” as in “Romance language speaker”? Most of them are (except Albanian, Greek, German speakers.)
“Latin” as in “culture backtracking to Roman culture”? Yes.
“Latin” as “weird United-Statian word for person with mixed Caucasian / Amerindian heritage”? No.
…so, it depends on how you use the word, really.
And history.
Italy was a nation-state long ago. No need for a new label.
Your explanation above does a great job clarifying it from an historical perspective.
It’s not that Italians aren’t Latin, it’s that Italy didn’t have any colonies in the Americas.