English → Latin
“evaporation” in Latin
exhālātiōexhalation (act, and vapour expelled by breathing out); evaporationexspīrātiōbreathing out, exhalation; expirationaspīrātiōThe act of blowing or breathing to or upon; exhalation.; The pronunciation of a word with aspiration; breathing, aspiratrespīrātiōexhaling; breathing, respirationvăpōrātĭoa steamingterradry land (as opposed to watery parts of the Earth); ground, floor (the surface of the land); earth, soil, dirt, clay, clnixsnow; white hair; synonym of cadmia, zinc oxidevaporsteam, exhalation, vapour; smoke; warm exhalation, warmth, heat; ardour of love, warmth
The English word evaporation itself goes back to Latin vapōrō, through evaporatio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
evaporation
exhalatio: exspiratio: aspiratio (all Cic., of the evaporation from the earth): ☞ evaporatio (post- Augustinan; terrae, Sen.; nivis, Gell.): respiratio (from the water): vaporatio (e.g., inundantium aquarum, Sen.): evaporation from the earth, from the waters, vapores, qui a sole ex agris tepefactis or ex aquis excitantur (Cic.); also terrae exhalationes, exspirationes, aspirationes.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for evaporation?
- The usual Latin words for “evaporation” are exhālātiō, exspīrātiō, aspīrātiō; also respīrātiō, văpōrātĭo, terra. 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.