English → Latin
“mission” in Latin
missiōsending, mission; dismissal; dischargemūnusa service, office, employment; a burden, duty, obligation; a service, favorparsa part, portion, piece, share; pars ... pars ..., some ... others ...; a party, fraction, sidemandōto order, command, enjoin; to put in hand; deliver over; to commit, consignlēgātiōambassador (office, not person); embassy; member of an embassy; legation; a diplomatic mission (cf. Whitaker’s Words)
The English word mission itself goes back to Latin mittō, through missiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mission
The act of sending, missio.
Office of one sent, munus; partes, plur.; mandatum.
Embassy for the propagation of religion, *legatio Christianae doctrinae or religionis propagandas gratia missa; *legatio, quae Christianae doctrinae apud barbaras gentes propagandae gratia missa est.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mission?
- The usual Latin words for “mission” are missiō, mūnus, pars; also mandō, lēgātiō. 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.