English → Latin
“creation” in Latin
orīgōact, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination; event or process of being born, birth; origin, sprī̆ncepsfirst, foremost; chief, distinguishedinitiumbeginning, start; a going in, entrance; rites, mysteriesmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant, sophisticated; decorated, adornedcreātiōa creating, producing; creation; an electing or appointment to an office, choice
The English word creation itself goes back to Latin creō, through creātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
creation
origo (origin): principium: initium (beginning): the creation of the world, *mundus conditus: before the creation of the world, *ante primordia rerum, mundi: since the creation, inde ab hominum memoria: post hominum memoriam; post homines natos: at the creation of man, cum primum fingerentur homines: the day of the creation, *dies, quo procreatus est mundus.
The sum of things created, mundus (the world): universitas rerum (the universe).
Production: the creations (i. e., works) of men, *quae ab hominibus inventa et excogitata sunt.
Election to an office, creatio.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for creation?
- The usual Latin words for “creation” are orīgō, prī̆nceps, initium; also mundus, creātiō. 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.