There is some difficulty in connecting the classical and the Late Latin words.
Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012)
These are fifty-eight in number and extend from the earliest period down to Imperial and Late Latin.
Bushnell, Curtis C., Readings from Latin Verse—With Note...(2010)
The name peach comes to us from the Late Latin word pessica, which was a bad way of saying "Persica."
O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman), Stories That Words Tell Us(2010)