English → Latin
“accumulation” in Latin
The English word accumulation itself goes back to Latin cumulō, through accumulatio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
accumulation
acervatio (Plin.), coacervatio (Gaj. Dig., 2, 1, 11: by Cic. as a figure of rhetoric: accumulatio is only used in the sense of heaping up earth about the roots of trees).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for accumulation?
- The usual Latin words for “accumulation” are acervātiō, coacervātiō. 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.