This general word list includes words commonly seen in genealogical sources. Numbers, months, and days of the week are listed both here and in separate sections that follow this list.
In this list, some grammatical variations of Latin words are given in parentheses. Some Latin phrases and their translations are listed [in brackets] under the most significant Latin word, not the first word, of the phrase. Words in parentheses in the English column clarify the definition.
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| a (ab)
|
from, by
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| abavia
|
great-great-grandmother
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| abavus
|
great-great-grandfather, ancestor
|
| abdormitus
|
died
|
| abdormivit
|
he/she died
|
| ab hoc mense
|
from this month on
|
| abiit
|
he/she died
|
| abinde
|
since
|
| abitus est
|
he/she died, went away
|
| abjectarius
|
cabinetmaker, woodworker
|
| abjuro
|
to renounce by oath
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| ablutus est
|
he was baptized
|
| abs
|
from, by
|
| abscessus
|
death
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| absque
|
without, except
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| abstersus
|
baptized
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| abuo
|
I baptize, I wash
|
| ac
|
and
|
| acatholicus
|
non-Catholic, Protestant
|
| accipio
|
to take, receive, take possession of
|
| accola
|
local resident
|
| acicularius
|
needle maker
|
| acquiescat
|
he/she reposes, dies, is content with
|
| acquietus est
|
he died
|
| acra
|
acre
|
| actum
|
record
|
| ad
|
to, at, in, for, towards
|
| adhuc
|
as yet, still
|
| adjutor
|
assistant
|
| adjuvenis
|
assistant
|
| adolescens
|
young man, adolescent
|
| adulterium
|
adultery
|
| advenit
|
he appeared, came
|
| advocatus
|
lawyer
|
| aeger
|
sick
|
| aegyptus
|
gypsy
|
| aequalis
|
equal
|
| aetas (aetatis)
|
age
|
| aetate
|
(being) in the age of, age
|
| affinitas
|
relationship by marriage
|
| affirmavit
|
he/she affirmed, confirmed, asserted
|
| agentis
|
of the official
|
| agnatus
|
blood relative in the male line
|
| agonia
|
cramps
|
| agricola
|
farmer
|
| ahenarius
|
coppersmith
|
| albus
|
white
|
| alemannus
|
German
|
| alias
|
also, otherwise, or, at, another, called
|
| alibi
|
elsewhere, at another time
|
| aliud (alius)
|
other, another
|
| allemania
|
Germany
|
| altare
|
altar
|
| alter
|
the next, the other
|
| alutarius
|
tanner
|
| ambo
|
both, two together
|
| amita
|
aunt, father's sister
|
| amitinus
|
cousin, (child of father's sister)
|
| ancilla
|
female servant
|
| ancillus
|
male servant
|
| anglia
|
England
|
| anima
|
soul, spirit
|
| [animam reddidit domino suo]
|
[he/she returned the soul to his/her Lord (died)]
|
| anno
|
in the year (of)
|
| anno domini
|
in the year of (our) Lord
|
| anno incarnationis
|
in the year (since/of) the incarnation (of the Lord)
|
| annus
|
year
|
| andedictus
|
aforesaid
|
| ante
|
before, in front of, prior to
|
| antiquus
|
old, senior
|
| apoplexia
|
stroke
|
| aprilis
|
of April
|
| apud
|
at the house of, at, by, near
|
| aqua
|
water
|
| archidiaconus
|
archdeacon
|
| archiepiscopus
|
archbishop
|
| archivum
|
archive
|
| arcularius
|
carpenter
|
| arma
|
coat of arms
|
| armentarius
|
herdsman
|
| armiger
|
gentleman, squire
|
| armorum
|
of coats of arms
|
| at
|
but
|
| atque
|
and
|
| augusti
|
of August
|
| aurifaber
|
goldsmith
|
| auriga
|
driver
|
| aut
|
or
|
| autem
|
but, however, moreover
|
| auxentium
|
Alsace
|
| ava
|
grandmother
|
| avi
|
ancestors, grandparents
|
| avia
|
grandmother
|
| aviaticus
|
nephew
|
| avunculus
|
uncle (mother's brother)
|
| avus
|
grandfather
|
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