English → Latin
“disseminate” in Latin
spargōto scatter, strew, sprinkle, sparkle; to throw here and there, cast, hurl, throw aboutiaceōto lie prostrate, lie down; recline; to be sick, lie ill; to linger, stop, tarry, remainserōto sow, plant; to beget, bring forth, produce; to found, establish; scatter, spread, disseminate; propagate; excite; caudispergōto scatter (about) or dispersedissipōto scatter, disperse, spread abroad; to dissipate or squander; to demolish, overthrow, destroy, ruindifferōto carry different ways, spread, scatter, disperse, separate; to distract, disquiet or disturb someone; confound; to sprdissēminōto broadcast, disseminate
The English word disseminate itself goes back to Latin sēmen, through dissēminātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disseminate
spargere, jacere: serere (to sow; all PROP., and IMPROP.): dispergere: dissipare (to spread; PROP., and IMPROP.): disseminare (to scatter as seed; IMPROP., for to divulge) (The words are found in this connection and order.) spargere ac disseminare: differre (IMPROP., to carry anything into different places; e.g., a report): to disseminate a report, aliquid in vulgus edere; famam alicujus rei divulgare; differre aliquid rumoribus: to disseminate principles, opinions, etc., serere causam, or causas rei, or rerum; semina rerum jacere, or spargere (e.g., discordiarum): to disseminate heresies, *pravas or haereticas opmiones serere, etc. ☞ seminare, figuratively, is late; Lactant.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disseminate?
- The usual Latin words for “disseminate” are spargō, iaceō, serō; also dispergō, dissipō, differō. 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.