In early usage, there were many variants, including medium aevum, or "middle age", first recorded in 1604, and media saecula, or "middle ages", first recorded in 1625.
Mula-mula ada banyak variasi dalam pemakaian istilah ini, antara lain, medium aevum (abad pertengahan) yang pertama kali tercatat pada 1604, dan media saecula (zaman pertengahan) yang pertama kali tercatat pada 1625.