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'''Latino''' 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 Hispanics of Spanish-speaking 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 [http://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''' 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 Hispanics of Spanish-speaking 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 [http://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 Europeans, whose language is descended from [[Latin]], the language spoken by the Romans. They are [[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 ==