English → Latin
“archive” in Latin
tabulāriusregistrar, archivist; accountant, bookkeeperarchīumthe archivestabulīnumbalcony, terracetablīnumstudy, office, archives (room in a Roman villa); balcony, terrace; picture gallery
The English word archive itself goes back to Latin archīvum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
archive
tabularium (archium, archivum, crammatophylacion, post-classical). Archives, tabulae publicae (acta publica or acta are the records of the proceedingsof the senate, people, etc.: tabulinum or tablinum, a place in a Roman house where documentary papers were kept).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for archive?
- The usual Latin words for “archive” are tabulārius, archīum, tabulīnum; also tablīnum. 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.