Neo-Latin

[ nee-oh-lat-n ]

noun

1. New Latin.
2. romance ¹( def 9 ).

adjective

1. romance ¹( def 13 ).

Neo-Latin

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Neo-Latin¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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.

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Many of the ingredients of the Neo-Latin dialects must be sought for in the ancient dialects of Italy and her provinces.

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

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

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

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