English → Latin
“disjoint” in Latin
secōto cut, cut off; to cleave, divide; to operate, amputate, perform surgeryscindōto cut, tear; to rend or break asunder; carve; split, divide or separate by force; to tear off one's travelling cloak; udēstruōto destroy, demolish, ruindissolvōto unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy; to pay, discharge (a debt etc.); to abolish, abrogate, annuldissipōto scatter, disperse, spread abroad; to dissipate or squander; to demolish, overthrow, destroy, ruin
The English word disjoint itself goes back to Latin iungō, through disiungō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disjoint
Separate into joints, or at the joints, articulatim concidere (Plaut., Epid., 3, 4, 52): membra articulatim dividere (separate joint by joint, Cic.; from an old poet): secare, scindere (to cut up; e.g., a fowl): in frusta excutere (divide a fowl, etc., into joints; Sen., Ep., 47, 4).
Dislocate; Vid:
ImPROP., destruere: dissolvere (to separate the parts of what was constructed): dissipare (separate and scatter here and there; e.g., a statue).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disjoint?
- The usual Latin words for “disjoint” are secō, scindō, dēstruō; also dissolvō, dissipō. 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.