What is the Latin word for century?

The usual Latin words for “century” are centum, saeculum, centuria; also centuriō, centuriātim, centēni. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“century” in Latin

centuma hundred; 100 saeculumrace, breed; generation, lifetime; the amount of time between an occurrence and the death of the final person who was al centuriaany similar division, regardless of number centuriōto divide into groups of one hundred; to arrange into companies; having voted according to centuries centuriātimby centuries or companies; in masses or crowds centēnia hundred each

The English word century itself goes back to Latin vir, through centuria.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

century

a hundred, centum (distributice, centeni). The number of 100, centuria.

Space of 100 years, centenum annorum; centum annorum spatium: saeculum (a “generation” = according to Etruscan and Roman computation, 100 years).

Division of the Roman people, centuria: by centuries, centuriatim: to divide into centuries, centuriare: division by centuries, centuriatus.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for century?: The usual Latin words for “century” are centum, saeculum, centuria; also centuriō, centuriātim, centēni. 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.