English → Latin
“commissure” in Latin
committōto join together, unite, connect, put together; to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime; to begincoagmentātiōcombination, connection, unioniungōto join, unite, fasten, yoke, harness, attach; esp. of the hand: to clasp, join; of a treaty or agreement: to join, unit
The English word commissure itself goes back to Latin committō, through commissura.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
commissure
commissura (= knot, tie): eoagmentum. coagmentatio (the joining of two bodies): junctura (by what they are joined, Plin., 13, 15, 29).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for commissure?
- The usual Latin words for “commissure” are committō, coagmentātiō, iungō. 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.