How to say "English" in Latin?

The english language and the latin language were not contemporaries. Since latin died before english was born, there could not possibly be a legitimate latin word for english. Just as there is no latin word for grunge.

That's my guess anyway, let me know if I was right.

I know no latin, but the Romans must have had their own name for the residents of the country now known as England which they occupied, even if the local language was not English as we know it. Although maybe because the context is different I am wrong.

Latin for Britian is Britannia. I know that... it's just the language. Oh well. It's not important anyway...

The Latin word for "English" is the same as their word for "Barbarian".

They were right then and they are right now.

Have you had some bad experiences with English people, Joe Nation? They tend just to make me laugh, but not as much as Americans do... :wink:

Anglus.

"Aderat anglus quidam, qui promittebat montes aureos Virgini Walsamgamicae, si vivus attigisset terram."

Ah! Thank you Joe!

It may have amazed the Romans that the guttural sounds expressed by the savages of terra anglia were actually a form of communication.
The Romans did what they could to push the uncivilized hordes to the north, and the emperor Hadrian had a wall built to keep them there.

Their enduring effect upon the local language is seen in the tongue of the Scots.