Vulgar Latin

American  

noun

1. popular Latin, as distinguished from literary or standard Latin, especially those spoken forms of Latin from which the Romance languages developed. VL

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Vulgar Latin British  

noun

1. any of the dialects of Latin spoken in the Roman Empire other than classical Latin. The Romance languages developed from them

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Etymology

Origin of Vulgar Latin

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

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Vulgar Latin

Maybe I could get him interested in Vulgar Latin and Old Irish.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nor were they aware of the existence of Vulgar Latin, which is, to a much greater extent than classical Latin, the parent of the Romance languages.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley

To the disappearance of the h from Vulgar Latin is due the fact that the Romance languages have no aspirate.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley

Vulgar Latin stands with reference to formal Latin in no derivative relation, in no paternal relation, but they stand side by side.

From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Frank Frost Abbott

The basis for Romanian seems to be the Vulgar Latin of ancient Rome.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Donald W. Bernier