LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

longitānus

*longitānus (feminine *longitāna, neuter *longitānum)

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romanceadjectivereconstructiondistant

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dlongʰos
  2. Proto-Italic*(d)longos
  3. Latinlongitānus

Latin longiter Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin *longitānus From longiter (“far away”) + -ānus (“adjective-forming suffix”).

Italo-Romance
  • Italianlontanofrom Old Italian lontano
  • Istriotalonſi
  • Corsicanluntanufrom Old Italian lontano
  • Dalmatianluntunfrom Old Italian lontano
  • Neapolitanluntanofrom Old Italian lontano
  • Romanshlontanfrom Old Italian lontano
  • Romanshluntaunfrom Old Italian lontano
  • Sicilianluntanufrom Old Italian lontano
Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchlointainfrom Old French luntein
Occitano-Romance
  • Catalanllunyedà
  • Gasconluenhtanfrom Old Occitan lonhdan
North Italian
  • Old Emilianluntà
  • Old Ligurianlointan
  • Old Lombardluitano
  • Old Lombardloncean
  • Old Lombardloytam
  • Old Venetanluitano

Quick answers

What does longitānus mean in Latin?
longitānus, a adjective, means “distant”.
Where does longitānus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos → Proto-Italic *(d)longos → Latin longitānus.