English → Latin
“panel” in Latin
abacussquare board; sideboard; counting board, abacustympanumdrum, timbrel, tambour, tambourine; eardrumlaqueara panelled or fretted ceilinglacūnarceiling, coffered ceiling, a wainscotted and gilded ceiling of an unvaulted chamber; panels of the under surface of a colacūnōto hollow out; to panel (build with panels)laqueōto noose, entangle, ensnare
The English word panel itself goes back to Latin pannus, through *pannellus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
panel
abacus (Vitr.): tympanum (square panel of a door, Vitr.): laquear: lacunar (the panels of a fiat ceiling: laquear, with reference to the rope-like elevated edges, lacunar to the sunk space).
panel v.
lacunare: laqueare (both of panelling a ceiling).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for panel?
- The usual Latin words for “panel” are abacus, tympanum, laquear; also lacūnar, lacūnō, laqueō. 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.