English → Latin
“organic” in Latin
gignōto bring forth as a fruit of oneself: to bear, to beget, to engender, to give birth to; to produce, to cause, to yield; nāscorto be born, begotten; to arise, proceed; to grow, spring forthanimansA living thing or creature, an animal (as opposed to plants; as opposed to a man)
The English word organic itself goes back to Latin organum, through organicus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
organic
by circumlocution; e.g., organic substances, gignentia, nascentia, plur., (Vid: Kritz, Sall., Jug., 79, 6): animantia. An organic defect or fault, vitium naturae; *vitium quod aliquis a natura habet.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for organic?
- The usual Latin words for “organic” are gignō, nāscor, animans. 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.