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Vulgar Latin

American  

noun

  1. popular Latin, as distinguished from literary or standard Latin, especially those spoken forms of Latin from which the Romance languages developed. VL

Vulgar Latin British  

noun

  1. any of the dialects of Latin spoken in the Roman Empire other than classical Latin. The Romance languages developed from them

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Etymology

Origin of Vulgar Latin

First recorded in 1810–20

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