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.
computatorium
1274It 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…
contrarotulator
1274It 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.
algebra
1275It 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…
inquesta
1275It 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…
prisonarius
1279It 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…
crappa
1282According 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…
maternalis
1283It 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…
recognizo
1284It is from Latin recognōscō (“to recognize, examine”) + -izō, formed in Medieval Latin.
pagius
1288The 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…
confronto
1289It is formed from con- and the stem of frōns (“forehead, front”) with the verbal suffix -ō.
intentionalis
1290It is a medieval formation, from Latin intentiō (“intention; concept”) + -ālis.
tendentia
1290It is from Latin tendēns + -ia, from the present participle of tendō (“to stretch out; to be inclined”).
vernix
1291The 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…
tenda
1295It 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…
gestura
1297It 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.
identicus
1300It is from Latin identitās (“sameness”) with the suffix -icus, a Medieval Latin formation; that noun is from īdem (“the same”).
practice
1300It is from Latin practicus (“practical”) + -ē, the adverb of the adjective.
quantitativus
1300–1350It is from Latin quantitās (“quantity”) + -īvus, a medieval formation. The noun is formed from quantus (“how great, how much”).
reunio
1300–13331. 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…