English → Latin
“going” in Latin
itiōa going, walking, travellingitusa going, departure; a gait; the right of way, right to travelambulātiōa walk, stroll; a place for walking; promenade, walk, porticoreditiōreturning, return, a going backreditusa returning, turning back, going back; return; a revolution, circuit, return; a harvest, yield
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
going
itio (as the act): itus (as the state): ambulatio (a walking): reditio, reditus (a going away or back; the former as the act, the latter as the state): ☞ incessus and ingressus denote the manner of going, the gait.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for going?
- The usual Latin words for “going” are itiō, itus, ambulātiō; also reditiō, reditus. 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.