Etymologically

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.

  1. comestabilis

    613–658

    It 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…

  2. bursa

    639–709

    It 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…

  3. abbatia

    643

    It 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.

  4. auso

    643

    It is a frequentative of audeō (“to dare”).

  5. campio

    643

    It 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…

  6. marca

    643

    1. 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…

  7. masca

    643

    The 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…

  8. redditus

    643

    It 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.

  9. sala

    643

    It 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…

  10. taliatura

    643

    It 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…

  11. wadium

    643

    It 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…

  12. coalitio

    648

    It is from Latin coalēscō (“to grow together, unite”) + -tiō.

  13. forestis

    648

    The 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…

  14. retina

    650–800

    1. 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…

  15. bacar

    700–799

    The 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…

  16. formaticum

    700–799

    It 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…

  17. fredum

    700–799

    It 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…

  18. montania

    700–799

    It 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…

  19. myrias

    700–733

    It is borrowed from Ancient Greek μυριάς (muriás, “ten thousand”), from μυρίος (muríos, “countless”). Its further origin is not certainly explained.

  20. parricus

    700–799

    It 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…

  21. riga

    700–730

    It 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”).

  22. traditionalis

    700–999

    It is formed from Latin trāditiō (“a handing over”) + -ālis.

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