English → Latin
“come of” in Latin
oriorto rise, get up; to appear, arise, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originatehumilislow, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant, low; short, not tall (of ph
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
come of
(α) (α) = to be born of, or descended from, ortum, oriundum esse ab aliquo: originem trahere ab aliquo: originem ducere ab or ex aliquo: genus ducere ab aliquo: ad aliquem originem sui referre: to come of a good family, honesto genere (natum esse); honesto loco (ortum esse). to come of an humble family, humili or obscuro or ignobili loco (natum esse). (β) = to be the consequence of, fieri or factum est ex aliqua re: This comes of having too little to do, hoc fit (or factum est) ex nimio otio: Sometimes by hunc fructum capere or percipere ex aliqua re, or alicujus rei, or (the consequence being bad) aliquid hoc fert incommodum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for come of?
- The usual Latin words for “come of” are orior, humilis. 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.