English → Latin
“category” in Latin
genusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type, class; species (general classification, as of living things), taxon (of anicatēgoriaaccusation; predicament; categorypraedicāmentumthat which is predicated, a predicament, category; a preaching, discourse
The English word category itself goes back to Latin catēgoria.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
category
genus (general term, genus, class): categoria (κατηγορία), or pure Latin, praedicamenta, plur. (in logic).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for category?
- The usual Latin words for “category” are genus, catēgoria, praedicāmentum. 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.