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.
taxa
802It is from Latin taxō (“to assess, value”), a medieval formation. In British sources it goes with Anglo-Norman taxe and Middle English taxe.
carraria
804It 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…
baccalarius
813The 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…
signale
818It is from Latin signālis (“serving as a sign”), its neuter used as a noun; the adjective comes from signum (“mark, sign”).
adripo
822It 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…
lardarium
822It 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⟩.
quartarium
822It is from Latin quārtus (“fourth”) + -ārium. Niermeyer treats it together with the masculine and feminine forms in ⟨-ius⟩ and ⟨-ia⟩.
quadraria
823It 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…
creativus
833–867It is from Latin creō + -īvus.
boscus
837Wiktionary 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…
auctorizo
838It 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.
acra
839It 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…
conferentia
850–899It is from Latin cōnferō (“to bring together; to confer, bestow”) + -entia, formed on the present participle ⟨cōnferēns⟩ of the verb.
metrica
850–899It is from Latin metricus (“metrical”), its feminine used as a noun. Wiktionary takes it as a borrowing of Ancient Greek μετρική (metrikḗ).
offerta
853It is from Latin offerō (“to bring before, offer”), a Medieval Latin formation.
fello
8581. 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…
werra
858It 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…
anniversarium
859It 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…
laubia
865It 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…
quadrellus
868It is from Latin quadrus (“square”) + -ellus. Etymonline relates quadrus to quattuor (“four”).
legenda
870–880It 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.
influentia
873It is from Latin īnfluō (“to flow in”), a Medieval Latin noun formed from its present participle īnfluēns with the suffix -ia.
versio
877It 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…
hospitaticum
880It is from Latin hospitō (“to be received as a guest; to take quarters”), and the MLW refers it to hospes (“guest, host”).
relevium
886–927It 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…
hierarchia
890–897It is borrowed from Ancient Greek ἱεραρχία (hierarkhía), a Greek word that Etymonline glosses “rule of a high priest”.
dotarium
893It is from Latin dōs (“dowry”) + -ārium. Etymonline derives it from the verb dōtō (“to endow”), itself from the noun.
lista
900–999It 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…