What is the Latin word for exclude?

The usual Latin words for “exclude” are exclūdō, sēgregō, removeō; also eximō, excipiō, arbiter. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“exclude” in Latin

exclūdōto shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something; to except, exclude; to hinder, prevent sēgregōto separate, divide; to remove; to segregate removeōto remove, take away eximōto take out, take away, remove or extract; to free; to release, deliver excipiōto take out, extract, pull out; to except, exempt from, exclude; to rescue, release arbiterwitness, spectator, onlooker; arbitrator, arbiter (having a wider power than a iūdex); judge, umpire, arbitrator, arbite

The English word exclude itself goes back to Latin claudō, through exclūdō.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

exclude

excludere (to shut out, PROP. and IMPROP., aliquem foras, aliquem a moenibus, a republica, from a share in the government, its magistracies, etc.): segregare (to separate from some troop or body, aliquem a republica, aliquem a numero civium, etc.): removere (to remove as unserviceable, undesirable, etc, arbitros; aliquem ab hoc sermone; aliquem a legibus ferendis, Cic.): eximere (to take out, aliquem de reis): excipere (to take out, to except). (The words are found in this connection and order.) excipere et secernere (e.g., hos homines libenter, Cic.). To be excluded from all offices of honor, omnibus honoribus exemtum esse: to exclude anybody from a company or society, a coetu or circulo aliquem removere: to exclude anybody from a religious community, sacrificiis alicui interdicere, eumque numero impiorum ac sceleratorum habere (Caes., B.G., 6, 13) [Vid: EXCOMMUNICATE]: to exclude anybody from the rights of citizenship, aliquem a civium numero sejungere, segregare, and (stronger) aliquem ex numero civium ejicere, or aliquem numero civium excidere: to exclude anybody from all knowledge of one’s plans, expertem aliquem omnium consiliorum (de re) habere.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for exclude?: The usual Latin words for “exclude” are exclūdō, sēgregō, removeō; also eximō, excipiō, arbiter. 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.