Familia,Cognatio, or Sanguis.Which word is Latin for Family?

familia : family, household.

In latin.

Re: Familia,Cognatio, or Sanguis.Which word is Latin for Fam


What Wilso said. (I wonder, how cognatio and sanguis were mentioned in what(?) dictionary!)


family = familia (feminine). NB: familia can be either nominative or ablativ
(Sanguis means 'blood', cognatio means relatives > "consanguinity".

The Spanish language has it's roots in Latin, btw.

Latin word list

"familia" -- originally meant a household, everything and everyone under
the power of a "paterfamilias". It wasn't until the Middle Ages that this
term was used to mean "family" in our sense of that word.

"cognatio" -- means persons related, kindred.

"sanguis" -- literally means "blood". It can be used to mean family in the
same sense that it does in English

I think your best choice would be "familia".

Thanks, George: that's why history student not very familiar ( :wink: ) with Latin get confused with the term'familia' when it refers e.g. to the slaves in the household.

Beware when a Roman says "Consider yourself part of the familia."