• (a.) Applied to the Romance languages, as being mostly of Latin origin. • (a.) Applied to the Romance languages, as being mostly of Latin origin.
Latin forms or words (especially scientific ones) invented after the medieval period, as opposed to
Ne`o-Lat'in adjective [ Neo- + Latin .] Applied to the Romance languages, as being mostly of Latin origin. 
[n] - Latin since the Renaissance
New Latin noun Latin since the Renaissance; used for scientific nomenclature
Also calledthe Latin that became current, notably in scientific literature, after the Renaissance, c1500. · romance (def. 8).