MEDIEVAL LATIN Definition & Meaning

Medieval Latin

noun

the Latin language of the literature of the Middle Ages, usually dated a.d. 700 to 1500, including many Latinized words from other languages. : ML, M.L.

Medieval Latin

noun

the Latin language as used throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. It had many local forms incorporating Latinized words from other languages

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Origin of Medieval Latin¹

First recorded in 1880–85

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The word “violin” comes from the Medieval Latin word “vitula,” meaning “stringed instrument.”

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In Medieval Latin, sophisticare was used to describe the dishonest tampering of goods.

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The Medieval Latin chants date to before the Protestant Reformation, when they were heard throughout churches in Europe.

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His awards have come as a result of his scholarly project “Hebrew Alphabets in Early Medieval Latin Manuscripts.”

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It is relatively unsplashy, as these things go — not very long, not very elegantly written, just 3,500 or so words of Medieval Latin crammed illegibly onto a single page of parchment.

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