Latin words first recorded in the 13th century

It is borrowed from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing; cipher”), a borrowing that Wiktionary calls probable. Etymonline describes the Arabic word as a translation of a word for “empty place, nothing” in…

It is from Latin pullus (“young animal, chicken”) + -ānus; compare Middle English and Anglo-Norman ⟨pullan⟩, and for the variant ⟨pullenus⟩ Middle English and Anglo-Norman ⟨pullein⟩.

1. The billhook is borrowed from Old English bill (“sword, chopping tool”), from Proto-Germanic *bili-, a word for cutting and chopping weapons. Etymonline connects it, with some doubt, with…

It is from Latin in- (“in, into”) + terra (“earth”), formed in Medieval Latin. The DMLBS compares Anglo-Norman and Old French enterrer. Wiktionary reconstructs it as a verb of early Romance, the…

It is from Latin resīgnō (“to unseal; to give back”) + -tiō. The verb is re- with sīgnō (“to mark, seal”), from sīgnum (“mark, sign”), which de Vaan traces to Proto-Italic *sekno- and…

It is from Latin recommendō (“to entrust, recommend”) + -tiō, formed in Medieval Latin.

Niermeyer and Köbler derive it from fīnis (“end, limit”). Du Cange explains it as a word for what can have nothing added to it, as if it had reached its end, and sets it beside French ⟨fin⟩ and…

It is from Latin contrā (“against, opposite”) + rotulus (“roll”), a roll kept against another.

It is from Latin ēns (“being”) + -tās, formed like essentia.

It is from Latin minera (“mine”) + -ālis. Niermeyer derives it from the variant minarium.

It is from Latin prōcūrātus + -ia, the first part being the past participle of prōcūrō (“to take care of, manage”). Du Cange treats it as the same word as prōcūrātiō.

It is from Latin sentiō (“to feel, perceive”), a formation Wiktionary calls irregular. Etymonline derives it from the participle sēnsus. The DMLBS marks it as Late Latin, Wiktionary as Medieval…

It is from Latin allocō (“to place; to hire out; to allow”) + -tiō, a noun of action made from the medieval verb.

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπόδειξις (apódeixis, “proof, demonstration”), according to Wiktionary through an unattested Byzantine Greek *ἀπόδειξα (*apódeixa). The MLW and Köbler simply…

It is from Latin alternātus (“alternated”) + -īvus, formed on the past participle of alternō (“to do by turns, alternate”).

It is from Latin custuma + -ārius, from the Medieval Latin word for custom and customary payment, which the DMLBS derives from Old French custume, from cōnsuētūdō (“custom”). Etymonline instead…

It is from Latin praesidēns (“presiding; governor”), the present participle of praesideō (“to preside over”), with the suffix ⟨-ia⟩.

It was formed in Medieval Latin from Latin spīra (“coil, twist”) + -ālis. The base spīra is borrowed from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “a winding, a coil”). Wiktionary and Etymonline connect the…

It is a shortening from Latin emplastrum (“plaster”), which comes from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron). Wiktionary and the DMLBS connect the medieval word with Old French plastre: in…

It is borrowed from Old French vilage (“village”), which Etymonline derives from Latin villāticum (“farmstead”), the neuter of villāticus, from villa (“country house”).

It is from Latin correspondeō (“to correspond”), formed from its present participle correspondēns.

It is from Latin industria (“diligence, skill”) + -ālis. Köbler and the MLW treat it as a Medieval Latin formation.

It is from Latin inclūdō (“to shut in, enclose”), formed on ⟨inclūs-⟩, the stem of its past participle, with the suffix -īvus. The DMLBS marks it as a Medieval Latin word.

It is from Latin minor (“smaller, less”) + -tās.

It is from Latin vērus (“true”) + -ficō (“making”). The adjective goes back to Proto-Italic *wēro- and Proto-Indo-European *ueh₁-ro- (“true”).

It is from Latin scāla + -ārium, formed in Medieval Latin.

It is a Germanic word. According to the MLW it is borrowed from Old High German balla; Köbler gives Old High German bal (“ball”), from Proto-Germanic *ballaz (“ball”), which he takes back to…

It is from Latin ēmergō (“to rise out, come to light”): a noun made from its present participle ⟨ēmergēns⟩, both as a feminine singular and as a neuter plural “things that come up”.

It is borrowed from Old French finance (“payment, settlement”), according to the MLW; the DMLBS compares affinantia as well as the Old French noun. The French noun was formed from finer (“to end, to…

It is from Latin partiō (“to share out, divide”), from pars (“part”).

It is borrowed from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero”). Etymonline glosses the Arabic word as literally “empty, nothing” and calls it a loan translation of Sanskrit शून्य (śūnyá, “empty”). The word came to…

It is borrowed from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl), from Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl, “kohl”). The DMLBS and Etymonline give the source with the Arabic article ⟨al-⟩ “the”, which became part of the Latin…

It is from Latin ars (“skill, art”), a Medieval Latin derivative.

It is from Latin dictiō (“saying; speech”) + -ārius, short for ⟨dictionarius liber⟩, a “book of words”. The first part is a noun of action from dīcō (“to say”).

It is a Medieval Latin formation, from Latin logica + -ālis, from logica (“logic”).

It is borrowed from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ, “embalmed body”), from Persian مومیا (mūmiyā, “asphalt”), derived from موم (mūm, “wax”). Etymonline allows that it may have come by way of Greek.

It is from Latin organizō (“to organize”) + -tiō, a Medieval Latin noun of action. Its base goes back to organum (“instrument, organ”), borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon).

It is from Vulgar Latin avis strūthiō (“ostrich bird”), from Latin avis (“bird”) and Late Latin strūthiō (“ostrich”). The DMLBS compares Middle English ostriche and Old French ostrice, ostruce.

It is from Latin situō (“to place, situate”) + -tiō. The verb comes from situs (“place, position, site”).

It is from Latin vērificō (“to verify”) + -tiō.

It is from Medieval Latin taleō according to Niermeyer, who compares Latin talea (“rod, stake, cutting”). Köbler and Etymonline derive it from that noun directly, Köbler with a question mark, and…

It is from Latin crēdibilis + -tās.

It is from Latin dis- + grātia (“favour, grace”). Du Cange instead took it from the French word disgrâce, and his continuator compares Italian disgrazia for the sense of illness. Etymonline traces…

It is from Latin prior (“former, earlier”) + -tās, a medieval formation. De Vaan traces the adjective to Proto-Italic *prī̆-jos- (“earlier, former”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr(e)i (“before”).

It is from Latin dūrō (“to harden; to last”) + -tiō. Etymonline calls it a noun of action from the past-participle stem of the verb, which comes from dūrus (“hard”).

It is from Latin expressus (“pressed out; expressed”), the past participle of exprimō (“to press out; to express”). The TLL takes it as an intensive formed from the participle.

It is from Latin pācō (“to pacify; to satisfy a creditor, pay”), a verb that Medieval Latin also spelled ⟨pagare⟩. The verb comes from pāx (“peace”) and in Medieval Latin especially meant “to…

It is from Latin licentia (“freedom, licence”), a Medieval Latin formation, which is derived from licet (“it is permitted”); that verb goes back to Proto-Italic *likē- (“to be available, have the…

It is a Medieval Latin formation, from Latin margō (“edge, margin”) + -ālis.

It is from Latin polīticus (“political, of the state”) + -ē, the adverb of that adjective. The adjective comes from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós, “civic, political”).

It is probably a borrowing of a Spanish Arabic word for a calendar, written ⟨al-manākh⟩, though the DMLBS calls the origin doubtful. The Polish lexicon of medieval Latin also takes it to be of…

It is from Latin coincidēns (“coinciding”) + -ia, from the present participle of coincidō (“to coincide”). That verb is itself a medieval compound, “to fall upon together”, of con- and incidō (“to…

It is from Latin ēlectrum (“amber”) + -icus. ēlectrum is from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber; pale gold”).

It is from Latin perspectus (“clearly seen”), the past participle of perspiciō (“to look through, examine”), with the suffix -īvus. The TLL counts it among the words of the Middle Ages.

It is a derivative of Medieval Latin bancus (“bench; money-changer's table”), with -ārius. Köbler refers it to ⟨banca⟩, a form of the same word.

It is from Latin alchimia (“alchemy”) + -icus.

It is from Medieval Latin cruciātus (“marked with a cross”), its feminine used as a noun. The MLW derives the adjective from crux (“cross”) and compares Italian crociato and French croisé…

It is Medieval Latin, from Latin repraesentō (“to show, exhibit; to make present”), formed on its perfect participle ⟨repraesentātus⟩ with the suffix -īvus.

The origin is uncertain. The DMLBS compares French valise and, with a query, bala and Old French bale; Du Cange equates it with Italian valigia and the French word. Etymonline takes the English word…

It is a Medieval Latin word, probably from Latin iuncus (“rush”). Du Cange explains the first sense with the verb ⟨iuncare⟩ “to strew with rushes”. Köbler refers it to ⟨iunceta⟩.