1300s
Latin words first recorded in the 14th century
25 Latin words whose earliest known written record dates from the 14th century, earliest first. Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.
realitas
1301It is from Latin reālis (“real”) + -tās. It is the source of French réalité, Italian realtà and Spanish realidad, and, partly through French, of English reality.
commissionarius
1316It is from Latin commissiō (“a committing; in Medieval Latin, a delegation of business”) + -ārius.
offensivus
1319It is from Latin offendō (“to strike against, offend”) + -īvus, formed on the verb's participle stem ⟨offēns-⟩.
registratio
1320It is from Medieval Latin registrō (“to register”) + -tiō, formed on the past-participle stem of the verb, which comes from registrum (“register”).
salsa
1324It is from Latin salsus (“salted”), its feminine used as a noun, and goes back to sāl (“salt”). The Breviloquus already explained the form ⟨salcia⟩ as coming from salsus.
alligantia
1325It is a Medieval Latin noun from Latin alligō (“to bind to, tie”) + -antia. Köbler records it from 1337 on, after Latham.
copio
1329It is a Medieval Latin verb from cōpia, which in Medieval Latin had come to mean a transcript or copy besides its classical sense “abundance”. The DMLBS files it with the classical deponent cōpior…
armistitium
1335It is from Latin arma (“arms, weapons”) + sistō (“to halt”) + -ium, formed like sōlstitium “solstice”, whose second part, ⟨-stitium⟩, occurs only in compounds. Etymonline traces that part to a…
reactio
1344It is from Latin reagō (“to act again; to react”) + -tiō. The DMLBS analyses it as re- (“back, again”) and āctiō (“action”), and Etymonline as a noun of action formed on the past-participle stem of…
geologia
1345It was formed in Medieval Latin from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”) and λόγος (lógos, “word, account”); Wiktionary analyses it as γεω- (geō-) with Latin -logia.
laboratorium
1347It is from Latin labōrō (“to work”) + -tōrium, a Medieval Latin formation. Wiktionary takes it as the neuter of the medieval adjective labōrātōrius (“of work”), itself from labōrātor (“worker”)…
compatibilis
1348It is from Latin compatior (“to suffer with; to be compatible”) + -bilis, a medieval Latin adjective. Wiktionary analyses it instead as con- and patibilis (“endurable”), in the sense “enduring each…
insecurus
1350It is from Latin in- (“not”) + sēcūrus (“free from care, safe”), a Medieval Latin formation. English insecure was taken from it.
obiectivus
1360It is from Latin obiciō (“to present, expose”) + -īvus. Etymonline relates it to obiectum (“object”) and ascribes its philosophical use to Duns Scotus.
passionatus
1360It is from Latin passiō (“suffering; passion”) + -ātus.
graduatus
1361Used as an adjective, it is the perfect passive participle from Latin graduō (“to take a degree”), which the DMLBS heads as the deponent ⟨graduārī⟩; the verb is from gradus (“step, degree”).
praeservatio
1365It is from Latin praeservō + -tiō, a noun of action from the Medieval Latin verb.
disponibilis
1367It is from Latin dispōnō (“to arrange, dispose”) + -bilis.
executo
1379It is a Medieval Latin verb formed from execūtus, the past participle of exsequor (“to follow out, carry out”). Spellings with ⟨exs-⟩ and ⟨exequ-⟩ are also recorded.
identificatio
1380It is from Latin identificō (“to identify”) + -tiō. The verb is formed from īdem (“the same”) and -ficō.
qualificatio
1389It is from Latin quālificō (“to qualify”) + -tiō. The medieval verb was formed from quālis (“of what kind”) with -ficus and a verb ending; the DMLBS compares Classical magnificō.
picarium
1392It is a form from Medieval Latin bicarium (“drinking vessel, cup”), as Köbler and Du Cange have it. Etymonline likewise takes the Medieval Latin forms with /p/ as altered from that word, which it…
occurrentia
1398It is from Latin occurrō (“to run to meet, to happen”) + -entia, through its present participle occurrēns.
mathematicalis
1400–1499It is formed from Latin mathēmatica + -ālis. The DMLBS classes it as medieval Latin.
mansus
It is from Latin maneō (“to stay, remain”), formed with the suffix -tus of verbal nouns, and is the noun use of its past participle mānsus. De Vaan explains that participle as a secondary formation…