noun
adjective
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denoting or relating to New Latin
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denoting or relating to language that developed from Latin; Romance
Etymology
Origin of Neo-Latin
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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These Yugo-Slavs are in their turn severed by the Rumanians of Neo-Latin speech from their northern and eastern brethren, the Ruthenians, Poles, Great and Little Russians.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
These have been grouped together by certain adversaries as "Neo-Roman"; but their partisans seem to prefer the collective term "Neo-Latin."
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Clark, Walter John
It would hardly be possible to find an external cause for the quick and complete disappearance of the elements of the Neo-Latin art.
From The Evolution of Love by Schleussner, Ellie
Leaving out of consideration the smaller ingredients, we find, on comparing the Teutonic with the Latin, or Neo-Latin or Norman elements in English, that the latter have a decided majority over the home-grown Saxon terms.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
This Neo-Latin world the author would wish combined in one grand confederation, like the States of America.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 by Various
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