English → Latin
“document” in Latin
litteraletter (of the alphabet); handwriting; letter, epistletabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for writing; board or plank; map, painting, document or other item put onto
The English word document itself goes back to Latin doceō, through documentum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
document
Precept, etc., Vid:
Deed, record, litterae: tabulae. Public documents, publicae tabulae: to draw up documents, tabulas conficere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for document?
- The usual Latin words for “document” are littera, tabula. 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.