English → Latin
“abandon” in Latin
relinquōto abandon, forsake, desert; to relinquish, leave (behind); to depart (from)dērelinquōto forsake, abandon, discard or desert; to bequeathdēserōto leave, depart, desert, quit; to forsake, abandon, give up; to let downdīmittōto send away, send forth, send off, dismiss, let go; to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake; to pardon, forgive,dēpōnōto lay, set, put or place aside or away; deposit; to resign, get rid of, give up; to wager, stake, betomittōto let go, allow to pass by, let fall or let loose; to lay aside, give up, abandon, neglect or disregard; to omit, leavedēstituōto fix or set in position; to place; to leave alone, forsake, abandon or desert; to delude, deceive, cheat
The English word abandon itself goes back to Latin bannus, through bannum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
abandon
relinquere (to leave behind in any way, whether deliberately or not): derelinquere (to abandon it deliberately, and care no more about it): deserere (to abandon what one ought not to give up): dimittere (to give up what one can not retain; a property, one’s freedom, a right, a man’s acquaintance): abjicere, deponere (what one does not find it good or profitable to retain; a plan, intention, opinion, friendship, hatred, hope): desistere aliqua re or de aliqua re (implies a sudden change of intention): omittere (to give up; let a thing go; a contest, wrath, sorrow, fear, a plan, an opportunity): destituere (to desert one in need, just when our assistance is expected). (The words are found in this connection and order), relinquere et deserere; deserere et relinquere; destituere et relinquere. Phrase, affligere causam susceptam (abandon, and so ruin it); causam alicujus deponere: a causa alicujus recedere.
Give one’s self up to, alicui rei se dedere: studio alicujus rei se dedere or se tradere. Phrase, voluptatibus se dedere or se tradere; servire, astrictum esse, deditum esse.
Renounce, (Vid :) alicui rei renunciare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for abandon?
- The usual Latin words for “abandon” are relinquō, dērelinquō, dēserō; also dīmittō, dēpōnō, omittō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.