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Early Modern Latin

Early Modern Latin proper noun: the Latin language, as developed from Renaissance Latin in the early 16th century, which served as the lingua franca of science, education, and to some degree diplomacy in Europe and was mostly displaced with national languages by the late 18th century.

Proper noun

Early Modern Latin

  1. The Latin language, as developed from Renaissance Latin in the early 16th century, which served as the lingua franca of science, education, and to some degree diplomacy in Europe and was mostly displaced with national languages by the late 18th century.
    Synonyms:
    Early Neo-Latin

Synonyms of Early Modern Latin

  • Early Neo-Latin

Origin of Early Modern Latin

From early modern (time period) and Latin.

Questions about Early Modern Latin

What does Early Modern Latin mean?
Early Modern Latin means the Latin language, as developed from Renaissance Latin in the early 16th century, which served as the lingua franca of science, education, and to some degree diplomacy in Europe and was mostly displaced with national languages by the late 18th century.
What part of speech is Early Modern Latin?
Early Modern Latin is a proper noun.

Words near Early Modern Latin in the dictionary

  1. early modern
  2. Early Modern Czech
  3. Early Modern English
  4. Early Modern Irish
  5. Early Modern Korean
  6. Early Modern Latin
  7. Early New English
  8. Early New High German
  9. early night
  10. early nights
  11. early on

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