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GENERAL WORDS


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
abavia great-great-grandmother
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
ablutus est he was baptized
abs from, by
abscessus death
absque without, except
abstersus baptized
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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