English → Latin
“well-being” in Latin
salūssafety; security; health, well-being, welfare; salvation, deliverancesānitāshealth, soundness of body, healing; sanity, soundness of mind; correctness of style, proprietyfēlīcitāsfruitfulness, fertility; happiness, felicity; success, good fortuneincolumitāssoundness; safety; security, freedom from harmserviōto be a slave to; to serve; to be devoted to, subject to; to have respect to, regard or care for, consult
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
well-being
salus, -utis (general term): valetudo bona (relative to bodily health): sanitas (health): felicitas (happiness): incolumitas (a state of being uninjured): I am taking anybody’s well-being to heart, aliquem salvum esse volo: to care for anybody’s well-being, saluti alicujus consulere or servire: to further anybody’s well-being, alicujus commodis or utilitatibus servire; alicujus saluti prospicere: not to care for anybody’s well-being, alicujus saluti deesse. Vid: also, HAPPINESS.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for well-being?
- The usual Latin words for “well-being” are salūs, sānitās, fēlīcitās; also incolumitās, serviō. 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.