English → Latin
“presuppose” in Latin
spērōto hope, expect; to await, anticipate; to fear, be apprehensivecōnfīdō(+ Dative of the person and e + ablative of the thing or in/de + ablative) to be confident or assured of, confide in, bepōnōto place; to put; to lay; to ordain; to appoint; to make (something); to set up; to pitch (camp)sūmōto take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate; to undertake, begin, enter upon; to exact satisfaction, inflicthonestusfull of or regarded with honor; honorable; of high birth; noble; distinguished; respectable; eminent; bring or deserving
The English word presuppose itself goes back to Latin suppōnō, through praesuppōnō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
presuppose
sperare, confidere (to hope): ponere, sumere (to take for granted). ☞ Supponere and praesupponere are barbarous. The decorum necessarily presupposes the honestum; quidquid est id quod deceat, id tum apparet, cum antegressa est honestas.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for presuppose?
- The usual Latin words for “presuppose” are spērō, cōnfīdō, pōnō; also sūmō, honestus. 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.