English Explanatory Dictionary

Early Modern Latin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The Latin language, as developed from Renaissance Latin in the early 16th century, which served as the lingua franca of science, education, and to some degree diplomacy in Europe and was mostly displaced with national languages by the late 18th century.

Word forms

Early Modern Latin

Etymology

From early modern (time period) and Latin.

Synonyms

Early Neo-Latin
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