What is 'Anglo-Latin'?

Factual Questions
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Every so often, I look up a word that interests me in my dictionary. And I can’t help but look at the etymology of the word too. Actually, often it is very helpful too. And from time to time, the origin of a word is listed as “Anglo-Latin”.

What on earth is Anglo-Latin? Is it a whole separate language? What is its history and origin? And how is it used today?

I know Anglo-French is a separate language. It originated basically in 1066 when William the Conquerer conquered, and subsequently introduced French, to Anglo-Saxon England.

But what on earth is Anglo-Latin?

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It’s defined as a medieval Latin language as used in Britain, especially ecclesiastical and legal Latin.

The period begins with the arrival of Augustine in Britain in 597 AD and is sometimes considered to end in 1066 AD, though writing in Latin in Britain continued to the fifteenth century and beyond.