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

The equivalents of the latter are: French, langue maternelle; Spanish, lengua materna; Italian, lingua materna, etc., all of which are modifications or imitations of a Low Latin lingua materna, or lingua maternalis.

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.

Another derivation is from the Low Latin, "tricator," a deceiver.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

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

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