New Latin

New Latin (or Neo-Latin) is a post-medieval version of Latin, now used primarily in International Scientific Vocabulary cladistics and systematics.

The term came into widespread use towards the end of the 1890s among linguists and scientists.

Classicists use the term "Neo-Latin" to describe the use of the Latin language for any purpose, scientific or literary, after the Renaissance (for which purpose they often use the date 1600).

Compare: Latino sine flexione.

Ages of Latin
—75 BC	75 BC – 1st c.	2nd c. – 8th c.	9th c. – 16th c.	17th c. – present
Old Latin	Golden Age Latin Silver Age Latin (Classical Latin)	Late Latin	Medieval Latin	New Latin


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