Definitions for vulgar latin
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Vul′gar Lat′in(n.)
popular Latin, as distinguished from literary or standard Latin, esp. those spoken forms of Latin from which the Romance languages developed.
Category: Peoples
Ref: Abbr.: VL 1
Origin of Vulgar Latin:
1810–20
Princeton's WordNet
Vulgar Latin(noun)
nonclassical Latin dialects spoken in the Roman Empire; source of Romance languages
Wiktionary
Vulgar Latin(ProperNoun)
The Latin language as spoken by the Roman people, as opposed to Classical Latin as written in formal literature until about 4c.
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