English → Latin
“respective” in Latin
propriusappropriate to oneself: (one's) proper, (one's) own (inalienably); belonging to oneself as property, or goods: (one's) osingulārissingular, unique, unusual; alone, single, solitary; nonpareil, peerless, unequalled. unmatched, exceptionalquisqueeach one, each person, each individual; everybody, everyone; anyone, whoever
The English word respective itself goes back to Latin respiciō, through respectivus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
respective
proprius: peculiaris et proprius: singularis; sometimes with quisque; e.g., that all might be responsible for their respective portions, ut suae quisque partis tutandae reus esset (Liv.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for respective?
- The usual Latin words for “respective” are proprius, singulāris, quisque. 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.