600s
Latin words first recorded in the 7th century
22 Latin words whose earliest known written record dates from the 7th century, earliest first. Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.
comestabilis
613–658It is a medieval form of the Late Latin title comes (“companion; count”) stabulī (“of the stable”), “count of the stable”, that is the chief groom, an office the Theodosian Code already names…
bursa
639–709It is borrowed from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wineskin”), a Greek word of unknown origin. Etymonline treats ⟨bursa⟩ as a Late Latin variant of byrsa (“hide”). It is the source of Italian…
abbatia
643It is from Latin abbās (“abbot”) + -ia, formed on the stem ⟨abbāt-⟩ of the noun. The TLL counts it among the words of later Latin, first in Church writers.
auso
643It is a frequentative of audeō (“to dare”).
campio
643It is from Latin campus (“field, field of battle”) according to the TLL, Niermeyer, Köbler and Conte. Wiktionary instead takes it from Frankish *kampijō, from a verb meaning “to fight”, from…
marca
6431. The boundary word is borrowed from Frankish *marku (“boundary, border”). Köbler likewise takes it as a borrowing from Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary”), which he traces to…
masca
643The origin is disputed. Wiktionary takes it as borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *maskā (“mesh”), from mesh netting worn over the face, with “spectre” and “witch” as secondary senses. The TLL…
redditus
643It is a deverbal noun from Latin reddō (“to give back, pay”), confused with reditus (“return; revenue”). Gaffiot treats it simply as a spelling of the latter.
sala
643It is a Germanic word. Köbler's source is from Proto-Germanic *salam (“house, hall”), beside *saliz, which he connects, with a query, to Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“dwelling”). The DMLBS compares…
taliatura
643It is a noun from Late Latin taleō (“to cut”) with the suffix -tūra; Köbler and Georges spell the verb with ⟨i⟩. Du Cange treats it under tālea (“cutting, thin piece of wood”), a noun for which de…
wadium
643It is a Germanic word. It is probably borrowed from Frankish *waddī (“wager, stake, pledge”), as Wiktionary has it; Niermeyer instead names the source as Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi, “pledge”). Köbler traces…
coalitio
648It is from Latin coalēscō (“to grow together, unite”) + -tiō.
forestis
648The origin is disputed. Most dictionaries derive it from Latin forīs (“outside”), with an ending as in agrestis and forēnsis: a ⟨silva forestis⟩ would have been woodland outside the land open to…
retina
650–8001. The rein is from Latin retineō (“to hold back”), a noun made from the verb; Wiktionary calls this the usual explanation. As an alternative it gives a back-formation from retinācula (“reins”), a…
bacar
700–799The origin is uncertain. Wiktionary and Köbler derive it from bāca (“berry, fruit of a tree”), Köbler explaining it as a wine vessel shaped like a berry. The TLL suggests instead that it may come…
formaticum
700–799It is from Latin fōrma (“mould, form”) + -āticum, cheese pressed in a mould. Another proposal sees an ellipsis of a phrase with cāseus (“cheese”), “mould-cheese”, though no adjective ⟨fōrmāticus⟩ is…
fredum
700–799It is a Germanic word, from Old High German fridu (“peace”) according to the MLW. Köbler compares Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“love, friendship, peace”), and the DMLBS compares Old English frith. Du…
montania
700–799It is from Latin mōns (“mountain”) + -ānia, with a collective suffix taken from the neuter plural of -āneus, as campānia (“countryside”) was formed from campus (“field”). The Novum Glossarium heads…
myrias
700–733It is borrowed from Ancient Greek μυριάς (muriás, “ten thousand”), from μυρίος (muríos, “countless”). Its further origin is not certainly explained.
parricus
700–799It is first attested in the Lex Ripuaria. Its origin is disputed. Etymonline thinks it more likely that it is borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *parruk (“enclosed tract of land”), a word that first…
riga
700–730It is a Medieval Latin word of Celtic origin. Köbler's source is from Gaulish rīka (“furrow”), which he traces to Proto-Indo-European *pr̥k̑ā (“furrow”), Pokorny's root *perk̑- (“to tear, dig”).
traditionalis
700–999It is formed from Latin trāditiō (“a handing over”) + -ālis.