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

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

“Cento” is a Low Latin word meaning patchwork, combination, or compilation.

From St. Gregory and the Gregorian Music by Wyatt, E. G. P.

Professor Hales suggests that the word Haverstock in Haverstock Hill may come from "aver," the Low Latin averia meaning cattle.

From Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir

The similar Celtic form Pinc is said to have given rise to the Low Latin Pincio, and thence come the Italian Pincione, the Spanish Pinzon, and the French Pinson.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

Middle, Medieval, or Low Latin, the Latin of the middle age between 600 and 1500 A.D.;

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various