English → Latin
“termination” in Latin
conclūsiōblockade, siege; conclusionfīnisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier; boundaries, bounds, frontiers; by extension, territory, region, landsexeōto exit, depart, go forth, come forth; to avoid, evade; to escapeterminātiōtermination (the last part (or morpheme) of a word)cadōto fall, to fall out; to fall in battle, die, be slain, fall so as to be unable to rise; to be frustrated, fail, to be o
The English word termination itself goes back to Latin terminus, through terminationem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
termination
conclusio (the closing or finishing point; Cic., Qu., Fr., 1, 1, 16, in extrema parte et conclusione muneris ac negotii tui): finis: exitus (end, ultimate result): extrema pars (last part of a matter). To bring a thing to a termination, aliquid ad finem or ad exitum adducere: to come to a termination, ad finem venire. Termination of a word, terminatio or exitus: to have an a or e for its termination, exitum habere in a aut in e: to have for its termination, cadere or excidere in, etc. (of words): to have the same termination, similes casus habere in exitu: similiter cadere. Vid: END.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for termination?
- The usual Latin words for “termination” are conclūsiō, fīnis, exeō; also terminātiō, cadō. 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.