English → Latin
“insert” in Latin
interpōnōto put, place or lay between or among; to insert, interpose or introduce (often in a bad way); to pledgesuppleōto make up the numbers, fill up, complete, make good; supply, supplement; to fill up, furnish with a complement, recruit
The English word insert itself goes back to Latin serō, through insertus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
insert
inserere alicui rei or in aliquid: includere alicui rei or in aliquid (to insert in writing as an episode; e.g., a speech in a letter, orationem epistolae or in epistolam): interponere (to cite or say between): supplere (to fill up what was wanting): indere alicui rei or in aliquid (to put in; also to insert in writing): infigere alicui rei or in aliquid: defigere in aliquid or in aliqua re (to fix in; defigere, in a perpendicular direction): immittere alicui rei or in aliquid: demittere in aliquid (to let in, sink in; demittere, in a perpendicular direction): includere in aliqua re (to inlay in anything; as, emblemata in scyphis; then to insert in a written composition; as, orationem in epistolam or aliquid orationi suae).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for insert?
- The usual Latin words for “insert” are interpōnō, suppleō. 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.