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Low Latin

noun

  1. any form of nonclassical Latin, as Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, or Medieval Latin. : LL, L.L.


Low Latin

noun

  1. any form or dialect of Latin other than the classical, such as Vulgar or Medieval Latin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Low Latin1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences

The old low-Latin term for the noonday meal was merenda, which suggests the idea of food to be earned before it was enjoyed.

That regarded as the standard or regular termination of the feminine, -ess (French esse, Low Latin issa), the one most used.

Bauhin80 mentions the low Latin names servillum, chervillum, or servillam, words which are not in Ducanges dictionary.

According to Darmstetter the word ‘timbre’ is own brother to ‘tambour,’ both being derived from a low Latin form of tympanum.

Skene traces this word to the low Latin, averia, "quhilk signifies ane beast."

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