Etymologically

1200s

Latin words first recorded in the 13th century

79 Latin words whose earliest known written record dates from the 13th century, earliest first (page 2). Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.

  1. computatorium

    1274

    It is the neuter of the medieval adjective computātōrius (“used for reckoning”) used as a noun, from computō (“to reckon”). Wiktionary takes it as a word in ⟨-tōrium⟩, a suffix for places and…

  2. contrarotulator

    1274

    It is from Latin contrārotulus (“counter-roll”) + -tor, the keeper of a counter-roll. Köbler and Etymonline derive it from a verb ⟨contrārotulāre⟩, which Etymonline gives as a reconstructed form.

  3. algebra

    1275

    It is borrowed from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr, “restoration, setting of bones”). Köbler traces the mathematical sense to the Arabic name of the science of “restorings and comparisons”, the title of a…

  4. inquesta

    1275

    It is borrowed from Old French enqueste (“inquiry”). Etymonline traces the Old French noun through Vulgar Latin *inquaestia to inquīsīta (“a thing inquired into”), the feminine past participle of…

  5. prisonarius

    1279

    It is formed from Medieval Latin prisona + -ārius, compare Old French prisonier and Middle English prisoner. prisona is a form of priso (“seizure; prison”), which the DMLBS takes from Middle English…

  6. crappa

    1282

    According to the DMLBS it is borrowed from Old French crappe. Etymonline gives the opposite direction, deriving the Old French word (and so English crap) from the Medieval Latin word and crapinum…

  7. maternalis

    1283

    It is formed from Latin māternus + -ālis, from māter (“mother”). The DMLBS classes it as medieval Latin. Etymonline traces English maternal through Old French maternel to a Vulgar Latin form of this…

  8. recognizo

    1284

    It is from Latin recognōscō (“to recognize, examine”) + -izō, formed in Medieval Latin.

  9. pagius

    1288

    The origin is uncertain. The DMLBS derives it from Old French page (“page, boy servant”) and traces that word to Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “little boy”), the diminutive of παῖς (paîs…

  10. confronto

    1289

    It is formed from con- and the stem of frōns (“forehead, front”) with the verbal suffix -ō.

  11. intentionalis

    1290

    It is a medieval formation, from Latin intentiō (“intention; concept”) + -ālis.

  12. tendentia

    1290

    It is from Latin tendēns + -ia, from the present participle of tendō (“to stretch out; to be inclined”).

  13. vernix

    1291

    The origin is uncertain. It may be borrowed from Byzantine Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē), which Etymonline traces to the name of the ancient city of Berenike in Libya, said to have been the first to use…

  14. tenda

    1295

    It is from Latin tendō (“to stretch”). Wiktionary explains it as a contraction of Vulgar Latin *tendita, the feminine of *tenditus, a variant of the participle tentus, perhaps as a noun use of the…

  15. gestura

    1297

    It is from Latin gestus (“gesture, carriage, posture”), according to Etymonline. Köbler refers it to the verb gerō (“to carry; to conduct”). The DMLBS instead gives as its source Anglo-Norman gesture.

  16. identicus

    1300

    It is from Latin identitās (“sameness”) with the suffix -icus, a Medieval Latin formation; that noun is from īdem (“the same”).

  17. practice

    1300

    It is from Latin practicus (“practical”) + -ē, the adverb of the adjective.

  18. quantitativus

    1300–1350

    It is from Latin quantitās (“quantity”) + -īvus, a medieval formation. The noun is formed from quantus (“how great, how much”).

  19. reunio

    1300–1333

    1. The verb is from Latin re- + ūniō (“to unite”), formed in Medieval Latin; Wiktionary allows a borrowing from French réunir instead. 2. The noun is from Latin reūniō (“to reunite”), with the…

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