English → Latin
“half sister” in Latin
nātusson; childrensororsister; cousin, daughter of either a father's brother or of a mother's sister; female friendnāscorto be born, begotten; to arise, proceed; to grow, spring forth
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
half sister
soror eodem patre nata (of the same father): soror eadem matre nata: soror uterina (of one mother). Half sisters, sorores natae altero tantum parente, etc.; and so through the phrases for HALF BROTHER, replacing fratres (nati) by sorores (natae), where necessary.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for half sister?
- The usual Latin words for “half sister” are nātus, soror, nāscor. 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.