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[[Image:Hispanic Demographic.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Latinos at first concentrate to states nearest Mexico (and Cuba), but then diffuse throughout the U.S.]]  

[[Image:Hispanic Demographic.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Latinos at first concentrate to states nearest Mexico (and Cuba), but then diffuse throughout the U.S.]]  

'''Latino''' (in the [[US]]) is a new [[English]] word (Americanism) derived from a [[Spanish]] word that means a person of [[Latin]] languages-speaking descent. Latinos, in English, means [[Mexicans]] and other people of [[Latin America]]n descent living in the U.S.<ref>David G.  Gutiérrez, ed. ''The Columbia History of Latinos in the United States Since 1960'' (2004) pp 1-2 [https://www.amazon.com/Columbia-History-Latinos-United-States/dp/0231118090/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190386160&sr=8-1 online excerpt]</ref><ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/latinos Latino] Dictionary.com

'''Latino''' (in the [[US]]) is a new [[English]] word ([[American]]ism) derived from a [[Spanish]] word that means a person of [[Latin]] languages-speaking descent. Latinos, in English, means [[Mexicans]] and other people of [[Latin America]]n descent living in the U.S.<ref>David G.  Gutiérrez, ed. ''The Columbia History of Latinos in the United States Since 1960'' (2004) pp 1-2 [https://www.amazon.com/Columbia-History-Latinos-United-States/dp/0231118090/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190386160&sr=8-1 online excerpt]</ref><ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/latinos Latino] Dictionary.com

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However, the term "Latin" is derived from Southern [[Europe]]ans' ancient language, [[Latin]], the language spoken by the [[Roman]]s; descendant languages are [[Spanish]], [[French]], [[Italian]], [[Portuguese]] (also spoken in [[Brazil]] in [[South America]]), and to a distance, [[Romanian]] in [[Romania]] and the [[Balkans]].

Latino and Latina (or the gender-neutral "Latinx") is a broad geographic term referring to those who come from [[Latin American]] countries, regardless of whether he or she speaks Spanish.  In contrast, the term "Hispanic" is more of a linguistic term that refers to Spanish-speakers in Latin America and sometimes Spain.

 

The term "Latin" is derived from Southern [[Europe]]ans' ancient language, [[Latin]], the language spoken by the [[Roman]]s; descendant languages are [[Spanish]], [[French]], [[Italian]], [[Portuguese]] (also spoken in [[Brazil]] in [[South America]]), and to a distance, [[Romanian]] in [[Romania]] and the [[Balkans]].

== Latinos in the US  ==

== Latinos in the US  ==