English → Latin
“immunity” in Latin
immūnitāsfreedom or exemption from taxes or public service; immunityvacātiōfreedom, exemption, immunity (from service); privilegemūnusa service, office, employment; a burden, duty, obligation; a service, favorlaborwork; labor, toil, exertion; hardship, trouble, fatigue, suffering, drudgery, distress
The English word immunity itself goes back to Latin mūnus, through immūnitās.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
immunity
immunitas (from an onerous duty, immunitas magni muneris): vacatio (e.g., munerum, sumtus, laboris, etc.; also, a re; a causis, Cic.; ab belli administratione, Liv.; also, with quominus; vacationem augures, quominus judiciis operam darent, non habere, Cic., Brut. 31, 117). (The words are found in this connection and order.) vacatio et immunitas (Caes.). To confer upon anybody an immunity from anything, dare alicui immunitatem alicujus rei or (Suet., etc.) a re: to offer an immunity from anything, offerre alicui immunitatem (a re, Suet.): to enjoy an immunity from, vacationem alicujus rei habere (Cic., Caes., ; said, also, of the thing which constitutes the claim to any immunity, Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for immunity?
- The usual Latin words for “immunity” are immūnitās, vacātiō, mūnus; also labor. 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.