English → Latin
“travel” in Latin
itera route; a passageperegrīnorto be or live in foreign parts, be abroad or a stranger, go abroad, travel about; roam, rove; sojourn abroad, peregrinatproficīscorto set out, depart, leavetendōto stretch, stretch out, distend, extend; to direct oneself or one's course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, be
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
travel s.
iter. Vid: JOURNEY.
travel v.
iter facere (to be on a journey): peregrinationes suscipere (to go into foreign parts): peregrinari: peregrinatum abesse (to be on one’s travels). To travel to a place, proficisci; tendere; contendere aliquo: to travel day and night, die nocteque continuare iter; to a place, diurnis nocturnisque itineribus contendere aliquo: to travel through a place, iter facere per locum; transire per locum: to travel by a place, praeter locum transire; locum praeterire: to travel over, obire (to go through); circumire (to go round); lustrare (to visit in travelling); peragrare (to wander through); percurrere (with or without celeriter, to travel through quickly).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for travel?
- The usual Latin words for “travel” are iter, peregrīnor, proficīscor; also tendō. 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.