Latin words first recorded in the 4th century

Wiktionary takes it as borrowed from Gaulish *birros, from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”). Köbler calls the origin unknown, perhaps Celtic, and the TLL thought it a foreign word, comparing Greek…

It is probably borrowed from Frankish *spelta, from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz, as Wiktionary has it. Walde and DynaMorph also take it from Germanic, comparing Old English spelt and Old High German…

It is from Latin albus (“white”) + -urnus.

It is a derivative from Latin barba (“beard”), the fish being named after the barbels at its mouth. Köbler, however, calls its origin unclear.

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “enrolment, register, list”). The Greek noun comes from καταλέγειν (katalégein, “to reckon up, enumerate”), from κατά (katá, “down…

It is from Latin cathedra (“chair, seat”) + -ālis. Etymonline traces the Christian sense to the use of ⟨cathedra⟩ for a bishop's seat.

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek δογματικός (dogmatikós, “doctrinal”), from δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, decree”), the source of dogma.

It is from Latin Francī (“the Franks”), with the suffix -ia used for names of lands. Wiktionary traces the name of the Franks to Frankish *Frankō and Proto-Germanic *frankô. Through Old French…

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma), the name of the third letter of the Greek alphabet. Köbler and Etymonline trace the Greek name to the name of a Semitic letter, which Etymonline says…

It is from Latin glūten (“glue”), of which the TLL, following Niedermann, takes it to be a late back-formation: ⟨glūten, glūtinis⟩ was given masculine gender and a declension like that of sanguis, a…

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολικός (huperbolikós, “extravagant”), from ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “extravagance, literally a throwing beyond”), the source of hyperbolē.

It is from Latin mōrālis (“of manners, moral”) + -tās.

It is from Latin narrō + -tīvus, from the verb meaning “to tell, relate”. The verb narrō is a Proto-Italic formation from the adjective seen in gnārus “knowing”.

It is formed from Latin pōtō (“to drink”) + -bilis.

It is from Latin re- + iterō (“to repeat”). According to the TLL, Romance words for working the soil a second time continue it: Spanish edrar and Portuguese redrar “to dig over vineyards again”, and…

It is from Latin sērius (“serious, earnest”) + -tās, an abstract noun of Late Latin.

It is from Latin speculor (“to watch, spy out”) + -tiō, which comes from specula (“lookout”) and ultimately from speciō (“to look at”).

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós, “skilled in building”), from τέκτων (téktōn, “carpenter, builder”). Köbler compares a PIE root Proto-Indo-European *tek̑t- “to plait, join”…

It is from Latin clēricus (“clergyman”) + -ālis. The noun is from Greek, ultimately from Ancient Greek κλῆρος (klêros, “lot, share”).

It is from Latin combīnō (“to unite, join two by two”) + -tiō, that verb being formed from con- and bīnī (“two by two”).

It is formed from Latin con- + dēscendō (“to come down”) in Late Latin, modelled on a Greek verb.

It is formed from Latin condēscendō (“to come down, stoop to”) + -tiō. The verb is built on dēscendō (“to go down”), a compound of scandō (“to climb”), which goes back to Proto-Italic *skand-e/o-…

It is formed from Latin contāgium (“contact, infection”) + -ōsus. The noun contāgium belongs with tangō (“to touch”), whose present de Vaan traces to Proto-Indo-European *th₂-n-g- (“to touch”).

It is formed from Latin dē- + gradus (“step, rank”), a verb meaning to bring someone down a step. The dictionaries class it as a word of the Church writers and of the later jurists.

It is from Latin dēvāstō (“to lay waste”) + -tiō.

It is formed from Latin episcopus (“bishop”) + -ālis. Episcopus itself is from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).

It is from Latin genū (“knee”) + flectō (“to bend”), “to bend the knee”. The TLL notes that it grew together from the phrase ⟨genu flecto⟩, as the nouns genūflexiō and ⟨genuflexus⟩ show, and that it…

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek ἰωβηλαῖος (iōbēlaîos), from Biblical Hebrew יובל (jōbēl). Etymonline gives the Hebrew word the older meanings “ram's horn” and “ram”, since the jubilee was…

It is a univerbation of the phrase ⟨lēgis lātiō⟩, “a carrying of a law”, from Latin lēx (“law”) + lātiō (“a carrying, proposing”), the abstract noun of ferō (“to bear, carry”). The DMLBS also finds…

It is formed from Latin prō- + longus (“long”). The TLL compares ēlongō.

It is from Latin centēnus (“a hundred each; of a hundred”), its feminine used as a noun. For the medieval senses Niermeyer explains it as centum (“hundred”) used to render the Germanic word huntari…

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, continuing”). Etymonline explains the Greek physicians' use of it for a fever either by the fever being rooted in the constitution of…

It is from Latin operor (“to work”), with the suffix -īvus added to the stem of its participle operātus.

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug, charm, enchantment”). Köbler compares, for the Greek word, Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to cut, scratch, rub”). The TLL gives Romanian…

It is from Latin sternō (“to spread out, pave”), short for ⟨via strāta⟩ “paved road”, with the feminine of the verb's past participle. The Latin word is the source of Italian strada, Old French…

It is borrowed from Proto-Germanic *supô, an early Germanic loanword. Köbler compares Proto-Germanic *suppō- (“broth, soup”), and Etymonline compares Middle Dutch sop (“sop, broth”); both connect…

It is formed from Latin aqua (“water”) + -eus.

It is formed from Latin combūrō + -tiō, a noun of action, “a burning”. combūrō (“to burn up”) arose, according to de Vaan, through a wrong division of ambūrō (“to burn around”) as ⟨am-būrō⟩.

It is from Latin computō (“to reckon, sum up”), a noun formed from the verb. It is the source of Italian computo and, through the spoken form, of conto (“account”).

It is from Latin confoederō (“to unite by a league”), with the suffix -tiō of action nouns; the verb is built on foedus (“treaty, league”).

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek κρυπτικός (kruptikós, “fit for concealing”), from κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”).

It is formed from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive”) + -īvus, on the stem of the past participle ⟨dēcept-⟩. dēcipiō is formed from dē- and capiō (“to take”).

It is formed from Latin abdūcō (“to lead away”) + -tiō, an action noun.

It is formed from Latin audiō (“to hear”) + -bilis, with the suffix of possibility.

It is from Latin autographus (“written with one's own hand”), used as a noun in the neuter. The adjective, which Suetonius uses of letters, is from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφος (autógraphos) of the same…

It is formed from Latin bōs (“ox, cow”) + -īnus. The base goes back through Proto-Italic *gʷōs to Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws, and Wiktionary marks it as perhaps a borrowing from Osco-Umbrian…

According to the TLL it is borrowed from Ancient Greek κανονίζω (kanonízō), the source Georges also gives. Wiktionary instead analyses it as from Latin canōn (“rule, canon”) + -izō, formed parallel…

It is formed from Latin competō (“to coincide, be fit; to strive for together”) + -tiō.

It is formed from Latin dē (“off”) + via (“road”), from the phrase “off the road”, or from the adjective dēvius “out of the way”; the TLL gives both. Lewis & Short take it as a late replacement for…

It is from Latin ex- + commūnicō (“to share, take part in communion”), literally “to put out of the community”.

It is from Latin illūdō (“to mock, make sport of”), formed on the stem of its past participle with the suffix -ōrius. The TLL allows a derivation from the agent noun illūsor (“mocker”) as well as…

It is from Latin invādō (“to enter, attack”) + -tiō, a noun of action from the verb.

It is from Latin iter (“journey”), built on its stem ⟨itiner-⟩.

It is from Latin mētropolis (“chief city of a province”), which is from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “a mother city or state”). Isidore of Seville, in some manuscripts, says that…

It is from Latin participō (“to share, take part”), with the suffix of action nouns -tus.

It is from Latin plēnus (“full”) + -ārius. plēnus goes back to Proto-Italic *plēno- and Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-nó- (“full”).

It is formed from Latin prae- (“before”) + dēcessor (“one who goes away; a retiring official”). Manuscripts very often confuse it with prōdēcessor, so that Lietzmann denied that the word existed at…

It is from Latin recordor (“to remember”), with the suffix -antia.

It is from Latin restringō (“to draw back, bind fast”) + -tiō, formed on the stem of its past participle. The verb is formed from re- and stringō (“to bind fast, tighten”). De Vaan sees in the…

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “current, stream”), a noun of ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”). Köbler traces the Greek word to Proto-Indo-European *sreu- (“to flow”).