English → Latin
“extraction” in Latin
ēvulsiōpulling out; eradication, utter destructiongenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type, class; species (general classification, as of living things), taxon (of anistirpsrootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a plant, including the roots.; a plant, shrub, shoot, sprout; lineage, race, orīgōact, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination; event or process of being born, birth; origin, sdēnsa tooth; a tooth, point, spike, prong, tine, fluke, or any tooth-like projection; tooth of envy, envy, ill willnātusson; childrenhumilislow, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant, low; short, not tall (of phobscūrusdark, dusky, shadowy; indistinct, unintelligible, obscure; intricate, involved, complicated
The English word extraction itself goes back to Latin trahō, through extractio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
extraction
PROPR., evulsio (e.g., dentis), by circumlocution.
IMPROPR., Descent, genus (family): stirps (slock): origo (origin): Of good extraction, honesto genere (natus); honesto loco ortus: of low extraction, humili, or obscuro, or ignobili loco natus: obscuris ortus majoribus. By extraction a Tusculan, by citizenship a Roman, ortu Tusculanus, civitate Romanus. A Macedonian by extraction, natione Macedo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for extraction?
- The usual Latin words for “extraction” are ēvulsiō, genus, stirps; also orīgō, dēns, nātus. 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.