Do south europeans count as latino or is that something just reserved for south americans?

I think of the latinos as Latin speakers of the americas. Europe is separate.

No, they’re not. They’re white people, the ones who in the past invaded the land , and massacred the indigenous people of the Americas.

As far as I know it is only used for people living in Latin America.

I have never heard of Southern European people being called "Latino".

"Latinate" perhaps, and Latin is a major precursor to some of the modern European languages.

The word "latino" though is usually reserved for the descendants of European, especially Spanish and Portuguese, colonists on the S. American continent. The name "America" is itself of Iberian root.

I believe Latinos only come from Latin America

It's not my fight. I'm staying out of it. 🫣

Germans aren’t Latinos for sure.

They are Indians just like all of us

Just from Mexico south….not sure if Spaniards are Latino. Doesn’t seem like it.

My understanding was that it was a term for the Americas only, including the Caribbean.

Latino comes from a shorting of the Spanish latinoamerico to refer to the settlers of the southern Americans by speakers of the Latin romance languages such as Spanish and Portuguese.
Hispanic would be the more appropriate term for south Europeans in reference to the location, language or culture of Spain.