English → Latin
“constitutional” in Latin
lēgitimuslawful, legal, legitimate; legal (of or pertaining to the law); legitimate (born of married parents)innāscorto be born in, grow up in; to arise in, originate in, be produced inīnserōto introduce into; to insert; to graft on; to implantingenerōto implant, engenderingignōto implant or engendernātūrālisnatural by birth, legitimate; of or pertaining to nature; of or pertaining to something's nature or qualitiesnātīvuscreated, made; inborn, innate, imparted by birth; natural, native, made by nature and not artificialavītusgrandfatherly; ancestral
The English word constitutional itself goes back to Latin statuō, through cōnstitūtiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
constitutional
legitimus: *legibus civitatis conveniens: not constitutional, *legibus civitatis repugnans.
Arising from constitution of body, mostly by innatus: insitus: ingeneratus, ingenitus or insitus et innatus (innate): naturalis: nativus (natural, opposed to what is artificial or assumed): congeneratus: a parentibus propagatus: avitus (e.g., hereditary).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for constitutional?
- The usual Latin words for “constitutional” are lēgitimus, innāscor, īnserō; also ingenerō, ingignō, nātūrālis. 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.