English → Latin
“institution” in Latin
īnstitūtiōdisposition, arrangement; custom, manner; instruction, educationcōnstitūtiōa constitution, disposition, nature, character; a definition; point in dispute; a regulation, order, arrangement, systemdēscrīptiōdescription; diagram, plan; transcript, copyīnstituōto set up, establish, found, institute or arrange; to train, teach, instruct, educate (usually by a course of training);lēxthe legal machinery of a state, the law; a law, statute, bill; the laws regarded as a body, the constitutionpatriafatherland, native land; home
The English word institution itself goes back to Latin statuō, through institūtiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
institution
Act of enacting or establishing, institutio: constitutio: descriptio [SYN. in FOUND, ESTABLISH].
Thing founded or prescribed by authority, institutum: lex (law). Institutions, instituta (e.g., patriae): laws and institutions, leges et instituta. These are admirable institutions, haec optime instituta or instructa sunt. An institution = “a society,” Vid:
Education, instruction, Vid. INSTITUTOR, Vid: FOUNDER.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for institution?
- The usual Latin words for “institution” are īnstitūtiō, cōnstitūtiō, dēscrīptiō; also īnstituō, lēx, patria. 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.