English → Latin
“calendar” in Latin
calendāriuman account book or debt bookfaveōto be favorable, to be well disposed or inclined towards, to favor, promote, befriend, countenance, protect; to favor; tephēmerisa day-book, diary, ephemeris; a journal, periodicalfīliusa son; any male descendant; children
The English word calendar itself goes back to Latin calō, through calendarium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
calendar s.
calendarium (originally, a book of debts or interest; in modern Latin, a calendar, Inscript., Gruteri, 133, to be retained as a technical term): fasti (the book in which the dies fasti et nefasti, the dies senatus et comitiales. etc, were registered): ephemeris, idis, f. (a day-book of expenses, events, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for calendar?
- The usual Latin words for “calendar” are calendārium, faveō, ephēmeris; also fīlius. 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.