English → Latin
“debtor” in Latin
dēbitordebtor; one under an obligation (to pay)dēbeōto owe something, to be under obligation to and for something; to be bound, in duty bound to do something; "ought", "musobaerātusin debt; debtorsmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad; unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch; bad, evil, wicked, m
The English word debtor itself goes back to Latin dēbitor.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
debtor
debitor; debens; qui debet (in reference to the creditor): obaeratus (with reference to one’s self; deeply in debt): ☞ nomen, PROP., “the debt,” also stands for “the debtor,” but only relatively; as, a debtor who pays punctually, bonum nomen: a debtor who cannot pay, or is backward in paying, malum, lentum nomen: to be anybody’s debtor, alicui debere; to a great extent, alicui grandem debere pecuniam (PROP., for to owe much money to anybody); in alicujus aere alieno esse (both PROP., and figuratively); alicui multa debere (figuratively for to be much beholden to anybody).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for debtor?
- The usual Latin words for “debtor” are dēbitor, dēbeō, obaerātus; also malus. 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.