In Latin Europe, Latin Europeans are Latino?

I'm English, we NEVER use the term Latino for romance language speaking Europeans. I don't think anyone else in Europe does either. We are only familiar with the word from American TV shows.

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In Latin Europe, Latin Europeans are Latino?

In Latin Europe, Latin Europeans are Latino

Question Details: I found this when looking around, I've heard Latin Europeans say this

Latino (feminine latina) in the Romance languages, such as Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, literally translates as "Latin". Portuguese...

Latin Europe is France Spain Portugal at Italy there languages evolved from the Latin language France Spain Portugal and Italy are part of the Western Roman Empire

Latin Europeans are Mediterranean people not Latinos Latinos are Latin Americans of Latin America they are a mixture of Spanish American Indian Mestizo European and Mixed European Ancestry

I am Portuguese, and as a Portuguese I regard myself as a Latin person.Anyone that has his/her heritage linked ( with both parents not just one) directly to these cultures are Latin.i.e Portugal, Spain, Italy and France- one can debate that there are some other countries in Europe that would qualify i.e Greece and others. Unfortunately through the influence of movies and TV shows the word "Latin" or "Latino" has become some form illusion especially to Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and many South American countries.

I will give you an example: Mexicans keep mentioning that they are "Latino" although they have a drop of Spanish blood in them and the majority of their genetic make up is Native American meaning Maya or Aztec Indian.You wont exactly confuse George Lopez and Antonio Banderas, it's clear to see that come from 2 very different ethnic backgrounds. Just because speak Spanish doesn't make you Latin or Latino. Just because your first language is English doesn't make you a Anglo Saxon. It is very sad to see most South Americans and Mexicans and others would rather relate to themselves being Latin ( with emphasis to Spain) rather than their true and very dominant bloodline (gene pool) which is Native American (I don't mean N.American Native Americans)Tribes.

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In English there are 2 words (Latin and Latino - the latter has almost been warped into a racial meaning), in romance languages just one. The word Latin originated in the medieval age, and likely came into English through French (they use the word "latin"), while the word "Latino" came from how Latin Americans called themselves in Spanish. The original meaning - latino as referring to Latium - shifted to (neo)latino - romance speaking - and reached latino(americano). I don't find it too far fetched, since the word likes to be extended: a trend dating back to the Roman Empire, I guess ;)

Techicnally yes since as you've mentioned the word "Latino" literally means Latin in Spanish and Italian and Portuguese. In the U.S. however, it mostly refers to people that live in or are from Latin American countries regardless of race or ethnicity. In fact many New World "Latinos" have little or no ancestral connection to the orignal European Latin group which includes Italians,Spaniards,Portuguese and French.

"Latino" is a name commonly used in the US to distinguish a category of people that live in the US and migrated or descend from immigrants from any country in Latin America including Mexico, or otherwise speak Spanish. It is useful for census purposes and designates a consumer target group. It does not designate a "race" of people -except in American popular belief- and has no anthropological or other scientific meaning.

It's etymology does come from the ancient roman language called Latin, considered as the main root language of present day Romance languages. Common use made it more practical to speak of Latin America instead of "Romance" America to distinguish all colonies not of English origin.

I don't think that Spaniards consider themselves latino. Even if they speak Spanish etc.... I think sometimes the langues is constructed in such a way that a word has the meaning that people give to it, and not necessarily what the etymology implies... I, for instance, am an indian native to Mexico. In the US everybody considers me a latino....