What is the Latin word for geometry?

The usual Latin words for “geometry” are geōmetricus, geōmetria. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“geometry” in Latin

geōmetricusgeometrical geōmetriageometry

The English word geometry itself goes back to Latin geōmetria.

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

geometry

geometrta: geometrice: geometrica, orum (general term): ratio linearis (as a theory, Quint., 1, 10, 36). To know or understand geometry, geometricen novisse; geometria or geometrice eruditum esse: to learn geometry, geometrica discere.

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What is the Latin word for geometry?: The usual Latin words for “geometry” are geōmetricus, geōmetria. 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.