English → Latin
“concatenation” in Latin
coniūnctiōconjunction; combination; association, affinity, relationshipcolligātiōconnection (binding or joining together); ligature, band, fasteningcōpulātiōcoupling, joining, connecting, unitingcontinuātiōcontinuationcausacause, reason; case, claim, contention; cause, judicial process, lawsuitcontinuuscontinuous, uninterrupted, successive, lasting; straight, in a row, whole; following one after another, successive, succfelgall bladder; gall, bile; poison
The English word concatenation itself goes back to Latin catēnō, through concatēnātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
concatenation
conjunctio: colligatio: copulatio (act of joining): continuatio, the carrying on in an unbroken series: causarum (Cic.). (Figuratively) e.g., , a concatenation of causes (perhaps) causae aliae ex aliis aptae: a concatenation of calamities, concursus calamitatum: or circumlocution with continuus. A concatenation of labours, continui labores (concatenati labores. Min. Fel.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for concatenation?
- The usual Latin words for “concatenation” are coniūnctiō, colligātiō, cōpulātiō; also continuātiō, causa, continuus. 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.