Etymologically

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Latin words first recorded in the 4th century

379 Latin words whose earliest known written record dates from the 4th century, earliest first (page 7). Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.

  1. pulverizo

    400

    It is from Latin pulvis (“dust”) + -izō, the suffix going back to the verbal suffix Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō).

  2. purgativus

    400–499

    It is formed from Latin pūrgō (“to cleanse”) + -īvus.

  3. regulo

    400–499

    It is from Latin rēgula (“rule, ruler”), a verb formed on the noun. A deponent rēgulor is also recorded by the grammarian Charisius. The TLL notes Romance outcomes such as central Sardinian…

  4. relocatio

    400–499

    It is from Latin relocō (“to put back in place”).

  5. remedialis

    400–499

    It is from Latin remedium (“cure, remedy”) + -ālis. In manuscripts it is confused with remediābilis.

  6. repausatio

    400

    It is from Latin repausō (“to rest”) + -tiō.

  7. resumptio

    400–499

    It is from Latin resūmō (“to take up again”) + -tiō.

  8. revisio

    400–450

    It is from Latin revideō (“to see again, revisit”) + -tiō. The verb is formed from re- (“again”) and videō (“to see”).

  9. risibilis

    400

    It is formed from Latin rīdeō (“to laugh”) + -bilis. The adjective belongs to Late Latin.

  10. sensibilitas

    400

    It is formed from Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible, sensible”) + -tās, from sentiō (“to perceive, feel”).

  11. sexualis

    400–499

    It is formed from Latin sexus + -ālis, from sexus (“sex”).

  12. spinalis

    400–450

    It is from Latin spīna (“thorn, spine”) + -ālis. The English word spinal comes from it.

  13. systema

    400–499

    It is borrowed from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, “organized whole, body”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) and ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”).

  14. topographia

    400

    It is borrowed from Ancient Greek τοπογραφία (topographía, “description of a place”), formed from τόπος (tópos, “place”) and the element of γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).

  15. tumba

    400

    It is borrowed from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “burial mound, tomb”), made into a first-declension noun; Lewis & Short and Köbler give a Greek feminine τύμβα (túmba) as its model. Wiktionary…

  16. typicus

    400–499

    It is borrowed from Ancient Greek τυπικός (tupikós, “figurative, typical”), or formed within Latin as typus + -icus. The Greek adjective is from τύπος (túpos, “blow, impression, image”).

  17. verticalis

    400–499

    It is from Latin vertex + -ālis, from the noun for the crown of the head and highest point.

  18. vibratus

    400–499

    It is a fourth-declension noun of action from Latin vibrō (“to shake, brandish”).

  19. eveho

    It is from Latin ex- (“out”) + vehō (“to carry”). De Vaan traces vehō to Proto-Italic *weχ-e/o- and Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-e/o- (“to carry”). Cognate with Umbrian arveitu (“to add”), Ancient…

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