An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/lateinisch

by Friedrich Kluge

lateinisch, adjective, ‘Latin,’ with the foreign accent, in contrast to the English term. The diphthong of the second syllable proves that the adjective was naturalized previous to Modern High German Middle High German latînisch, Old High German latînisc, which was adopted in the Old High German period, as is proved by the non-permutation of t (latînus) to High German ȥȥ, was used chiefly in the monastic schools, in which Latin was cultivated as the language of the Church.