Low Latin

American  

noun

1. any form of nonclassical Latin, as Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, or Medieval Latin. LL, L.L.

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Low Latin British  

noun

1. any form or dialect of Latin other than the classical, such as Vulgar or Medieval Latin

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Etymology

Origin of Low Latin

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Far in the north of Spain, however, among the Christians who had adopted the Low Latin, was the formation of the Spanish language.

From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)

The Spanish word merino originally meant an inspector of sheepwalks, and is derived from the Low Latin majorinus, a steward of the household.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert

The Kúfiyah or head-kerchief of the Arabs soon reached Europe and became in Low Latin Cuphia; in Spanish Escofia; in Ital.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Do you know at least ze Low Latin? ze Greek? ze Hebrew? ze Arabic? ze Chinese?

From General Bramble by Maurois, André

There the Theocritus of the West dares to use not merely the words of common speech and primitive origin, but words drawn from Low Latin and of administrative connotation.

From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by Strachey, John St. Loe