English → Latin
“welfare” in Latin
salūssafety; security; health, well-being, welfare; salvation, deliveranceincolumitāssoundness; safety; security, freedom from harmbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; usefulcommoduscomfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming; opportune, timely, tidy; pleasant, friendly
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
welfare
salus, -utis; incolumitas (safety): bonum: commodum (good condition). The general welfare, omnium salus; communis salus: the public welfare, or welfare of the country, salus publica, or simply res publica: the welfare of mankind, salus gentium: to contribute to one’s welfare, saluti esse; esse ex re alicujus: to wish one’s welfare, aliquem salvum esse velle: to study anyone’s welfare, saluti alicujus consulere or servire: to seek to promote anybody’s welfare, alicujus commodis or utilitatibus servire; alicujus saluti prospicere: to consult the general welfare, bono publico or communi utilitati servire; rei publicae commodo tueri; utilitati publicae studium navare; ad utilitatem publicam omnes labores referre.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for welfare?
- The usual Latin words for “welfare” are salūs, incolumitās, bonus; also commodus. 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.