English → Latin
“domesticate” in Latin
retineōto keep or hold back, detain, restrain, retain, confine, contain; delay; to hold in check, repress, check, stop, stay; tefficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose; to cause to occur, to bring about,
The English word domesticate itself goes back to Latin dŏmestĭcātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
domesticate
To make domestic, parietum umbris assuefacere aliquem: *assuefacere aliquem domi or domo se tenere, retinere: efficere, ut aliquis publico carere or se abstinere possit.
Tame; Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for domesticate?
- The usual Latin words for “domesticate” are retineō, efficiō. 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.