English → Latin
“association” in Latin
societāssociety, fellowship, partnership, association, community, union; affinity (a union for a common purpose); a company or ssodālitāsclose association, fellowship, brotherhood; an association, club, society; a groupfactiōa political faction, a group of people acting together; a company of charioteers; an act of making or doing; a preparaticollēgiumcolleagueship, (connection of associates, colleagues, etc.); guild, corporation, company, society, college (concrete defideaidea; prototype (Platonic)
The English word association itself goes back to Latin sociō, through associātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
association
union, societas: to have formed a friendly association, societatem caritatis coiisse inter se.
A union of persons for a particular purpose: societas (for some common business: intellectual, commercial, etc.): sodalitas (a brotherhood; a union of companions; e.g., of certain priests at Rome; then of any similar association; e.g., of the free-masons): factio (a political party: mostly in a bad sense): collegium (a corporation; e.g., of merchants, priests, artisans, etc.).
“Association of ideas :” Hand thinks that associatio idearum must be allowed as a technical term.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for association?
- The usual Latin words for “association” are societās, sodālitās, factiō; also collēgium, idea. 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.