Neo-Latin

American  

[nee-oh-lat-n] / ˌni oʊˈlæt n /

noun

1. New Latin.

2. romance.

---

adjective

1. romance.

Neo-Latin British  

/ ˌniːəʊˈlætɪn /

noun

1. another term for New Latin

---

adjective

1. denoting or relating to New Latin

2. denoting or relating to language that developed from Latin; Romance

Etymology

Origin of Neo-Latin

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Some of these "Neo-Latin" and "Neo-Greek" words are extraordinary in themselves and obscure in their origin, though not through antiquity.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

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

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

It found its climax in Dante and Eckhart, the greatest poet of the Neo-Latin race, and the most illumined religious genius of Germany.

From The Evolution of Love by Schleussner, Ellie

All authors and notable partisans of Neo-Latin universal languages shall meet in a special academy, which will elaborate a compromise-language.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Clark, Walter John