Complex sentence: The word appears to have been in common usage from the Middle Ages until the eighteenth century, though was not generally admissible in print until the latter part of the twentieth century, in parallel with the rise of popular literature and pervasive media.
Split into simpler sentences: The word appears to have been in common usage from the Middle Ages until the eighteenth century. After a period of disuse, usage became more frequent in the twentieth century, in parallel with the rise of popular literature and pervasive media.