Etymologically

800s

Latin words first recorded in the 9th century

28 Latin words whose earliest known written record dates from the 9th century, earliest first. Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.

  1. taxa

    802

    It is from Latin taxō (“to assess, value”), a medieval formation. In British sources it goes with Anglo-Norman taxe and Middle English taxe.

  2. carraria

    804

    It is from Medieval Latin carrārius (“of carts”) used as a noun, short for ⟨via carrāria⟩ “cart road”. The adjective comes from carrus (“wagon, cart”). It is the source of Catalan carrera. English…

  3. baccalarius

    813

    The origin is unknown. Wiktionary reports the suggestion that it is formed from ⟨baccalia⟩ “herd of cows” with -ārius, originally “cowherd”, ultimately from vacca (“cow”), though this needs a…

  4. signale

    818

    It is from Latin signālis (“serving as a sign”), its neuter used as a noun; the adjective comes from signum (“mark, sign”).

  5. adripo

    822

    It is from Latin ad- (“to”) + rīpa (“shore, bank”), with the ending of a first-conjugation verb: “to come to the bank”. It is the source of Old French ariver (“to come to land”), from which English…

  6. lardarium

    822

    It is from Latin lāridum (“bacon, lard”), or its contracted form lardum, with the suffix -ārium of places for storing things. Osbern of Gloucester derived the variant ⟨laridarium⟩ from ⟨laridus⟩.

  7. quartarium

    822

    It is from Latin quārtus (“fourth”) + -ārium. Niermeyer treats it together with the masculine and feminine forms in ⟨-ius⟩ and ⟨-ia⟩.

  8. quadraria

    823

    It is from Latin quadrus (“square”) + -ārius, in the feminine, literally a place where stones are squared. Du Cange glosses it as a pit from which squared stones are dug. Etymonline derives the…

  9. creativus

    833–867

    It is from Latin creō + -īvus.

  10. boscus

    837

    Wiktionary gives it as borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz, and Niermeyer also calls it Germanic; Etymonline thinks the Medieval Latin word probably comes from Germanic. Köbler…

  11. auctorizo

    838

    It is from Latin auctor (“originator, guarantor, authority”) + -izō, formed on the stem ⟨auctōr-⟩ with the verbal suffix of Greek origin. Wiktionary connects it with auctōricō.

  12. acra

    839

    It is borrowed from Old English æcer (“field, acre”), the English measure of ploughland. Köbler traces the Old English word to Proto-Germanic *akraz (“field”) and Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵros…

  13. conferentia

    850–899

    It is from Latin cōnferō (“to bring together; to confer, bestow”) + -entia, formed on the present participle ⟨cōnferēns⟩ of the verb.

  14. metrica

    850–899

    It is from Latin metricus (“metrical”), its feminine used as a noun. Wiktionary takes it as a borrowing of Ancient Greek μετρική (metrikḗ).

  15. offerta

    853

    It is from Latin offerō (“to bring before, offer”), a Medieval Latin formation.

  16. fello

    858

    1. The verb is inherited from Proto-Italic *fēlājō, from earlier ⟨*θēlājō⟩, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(i)-l-éh₂-ye-ti, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Cognates include Sanskrit…

  17. werra

    858

    It is borrowed from Frankish *werʀu (“riot, quarrel”). Köbler traces it to Proto-Germanic *werza- (“war, unrest, confusion”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wers-, a link he marks as uncertain…

  18. anniversarium

    859

    It is from Latin anniversārius (“returning every year”), the neuter of that adjective used as a noun. Etymonline traces the use of the adjective as a noun in Church Latin to its use with diēs…

  19. laubia

    865

    It is borrowed from Frankish *laubijā (“shelter, arbour”), Etymonline's *laubja, cognate with Old High German louba (“porch, gallery”). Du Cange derived it from German Laub (“leaf”), because such…

  20. quadrellus

    868

    It is from Latin quadrus (“square”) + -ellus. Etymonline relates quadrus to quattuor (“four”).

  21. legenda

    870–880

    It is from Latin legō (“to read”): the neuter plural of its gerundive, ⟨legenda⟩ “things to be read”, came to be used as a feminine singular noun.

  22. influentia

    873

    It is from Latin īnfluō (“to flow in”), a Medieval Latin noun formed from its present participle īnfluēns with the suffix -ia.

  23. versio

    877

    It is from Latin vertō (“to turn”) + -tiō, an action noun formed in Medieval Latin; Niermeyer derives it from versō as well as from the simple verb. Wiktionary compares the Classical versūra (“a…

  24. hospitaticum

    880

    It is from Latin hospitō (“to be received as a guest; to take quarters”), and the MLW refers it to hospes (“guest, host”).

  25. relevium

    886–927

    It is a medieval derivative from Latin relevō (“to raise again, lighten, relieve”). The DMLBS compares Old French relevée for its sense “afternoon” and Middle English and Old French relief for the…

  26. hierarchia

    890–897

    It is borrowed from Ancient Greek ἱεραρχία (hierarkhía), a Greek word that Etymonline glosses “rule of a high priest”.

  27. dotarium

    893

    It is from Latin dōs (“dowry”) + -ārium. Etymonline derives it from the verb dōtō (“to endow”), itself from the noun.

  28. lista

    900–999

    It is borrowed from Proto-Germanic *līstō (“strip, border”), a medieval borrowing from Germanic. Compare Old High German lista (“strip, border”), Old Norse lista (“border, selvage”) and Old English…

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