English → Latin
“negotiation” in Latin
āctiōaction; a doing or performing, behavior; public function, civil act; suit, process, actioncolloquiumconversation, discussion; interview; conferencetractōto tug, drag or haul; to handle, manage, or treat; to exercise, practise, transact or performabrumpōto break off something (violently); rend, tear, sever; to cut short; break off; terminate; halt, stop, or end suddenly o
The English word negotiation itself goes back to Latin negōtium, through negotiatio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
negotiation
actio, de aliqua re; colloquium (conference): Often by circumlocution with the verb. To enter into a negotiation respecting anything, postulare conditiones de aliqua re: to carry on a negotiation, conditiones ferre et audire; conditiones agitare, tractare, agere cum aliquo: to break off a negotiation for peace, infecta pace dimittere legatos; dimittere pacis internuncios; conditiones de pace ineunda propositas dirimere, abrumpere: during these negotiations, dum haec aguntur (Liv.): to settle by negotiation, conditionibus disceptare aliquid; per colloquium aliquid componere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for negotiation?
- The usual Latin words for “negotiation” are āctiō, colloquium, tractō; also abrumpō. 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.