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

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Low Latin

The Low Latin equivalent of the Arabic tubbāq "styptic," is bitumen, whence Portuguese betume, and French betun, petun.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 by Various

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

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

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.

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)