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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| Latin | English | Latin | English |
| a (ab) | from, by | ab hoc mense | from this month on |
| abava | great-great grandmother | abavus | great-great grandfather |
| abdormitus | died | abdormivit | he/she died |
| abinde | since | abiit | he/she died |
| abitus est | he/she died, went away | abjectarius | cabinetmaker, woodworker |
| abluo | I baptize, I wash | ablutus est | he was baptized |
| abs | from, by | abscessus | death |
| absque | without, except | abstersus | baptized |
| ac | and | acatholicus | non-Catholic, Protestant |
| accola | local resident | acquiescat | he/she reposes, dies |
| acquietus | he died | acra | acre |
| actum | record | adhuc | as yet, still |
| adjutor | assistant | adjuvenis | assistant |
| adolescens | young man, adolescent | 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 |
| agentis | of the official | agnatus | blood relative in the male line |
| agonia | cramps | agricola | farmer |
| ahenarius | coppersmith | albus | white |
| alemannus | German | alian | also, otherwise, or, at, 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 the father's sister | ancilla | female servant |
| ancillus | male servant | anglia | England |
| anima | soul, spirit | anno | in the year (of) |
| anno domini | in the year of (our) Lord | anno incarnationis | in the year of the incarnation |
| annus | year | ante | before, in front of, prior |
| antiquus | old, senior | apoplexia | stroke |
| aprilis | of April | apud | at the house of, at, by, near |
| aqua | water | archivum | archive |
| arma | coat of arms | armiger | gentleman, squire |
| armorum | of coat of arms | at | but |
| augusti | of August | aurifaber | goldsmith |
| aut | or | autem | but, however, moreover |
| auxentium | Alsace | ava | grandmother |
| avi | ancestors, grandparents | avia | grandmother |
| aviaticus | nephew | avunculus | uncle, mothers brother |
| avus | grandfather |
| Latin | English | Latin | English |
| baillivus | bailiff | bannorum, liber | register of marriage banns |
| bannum | bann, marriage proclamation | baptisma | baptism |
| baptismatis | of baptism | baptismus | baptism |
| baptizatorum, liber | register of baptisms | baptizatus est | he was baptized |
| baptizavi | I baptized, have baptized | beatus | blessed, deceased |
| bene | well | bergarius | shepherd |
| biduum | two-day period | biennium | two-year period |
| bona | possessions | bonus | good |
| bordarius | cottager, tenant | borussia | Prussia |
| brasiator | brewer | burgensis | citizen |
| Latin | English | Latin | English |
| cadaver | dead body | caelebs | bachelor, single man |
| caelum | heaven, sky | caementarius | stonemason |
| calcearius | shoemaker | calciator | shoemaker |
| caledonia | Scotland | caligator | shoemaker |
| cambria | Wales | capella | chapel |
| capellanus | chaplain | carnarius | butcher |
| carpentarius | carpenter | casale | estate, village |
| casatus | cottager | cataster | land, property record |
| catholicus | Catholic | caupo (cauponis) | innkeeper |
| causa | cause, sake, because of | celator | turner |
| celebraverunt | they celebrated, ...married | census | census |
| centenarius | a person one hundred years old | centisimus | hundredth |
| centum | hundred | cerdo (cerdonis) | handworker |
| chirurgus | surgeon | chramarius | merchant |
| cimeterium | cemetary | cingarus | gypsy |
| circa | about, around | circiter | about, approximately |
| civis | citizen | clausit | he/she finished, closed |
| clausum | closed, finished | coelebs | bachelor, single man |
| coemeterium | cemetary | cognationis | blood relationship |
| cognomen | name, family name, surname | collis | hill |
| colonus | colonist, settler, resident | comes | count |
| comitas | county | comitatus | county |
| commater | godmother | commorantes | living, residing |
| comparatio | presence, appearance | comparuit | he/she appeared, was present |
| compater | godfather | compos | in possession of |
| concepta est | she was pregnant | concessit | consented |
| conditione, sub | conditionally | conjugatus | married |
| conjuges | married couple | conjugum | of/from the married couple |
| conjuncti sunt | they were joined (in marriage) | conjux | spouse |
| consanguinitatis | of blood relationship | consobrina | female cousin (mothers side) |
| consobrinus | male cousin (mothers side) | consors (consortis) | wife |
| contra | against, opposite | contracti | contracted, drawn together |
| contraxerunt | they contracted (marriage) | convulsionis | of convulsions |
| copulati sunt | they were married, joined | copulationis | of marriage |
| copulatus | married, joined | copulavit | he married (performed wedding) |
| coquus | cook | coram | in the presence of |
| coriarius | tanner, leatherworker | corpus (corporis) | body |
| cras | tomorrow | creatura dei | foundling (creature of God) |
| cum | with | cuprifaber | coppersmith |
| cur | why | currarius | carriage builder |
| custos (custodis) | custodian, guard |
| Latin | English | Latin | English |
| datum | date, given | de | of, from, by, concerning, about |
| debilitas | illness, weakness | decanatus | deanery, section of a diocese |
| decanus | deacon | decem | ten |
| decembris | of December | decessit | he/she died |
| decessus | died, death | decimus | tenth |
| decretum | decree | decubuit | he/she died, lay down |
| dedit | he/she gave | deflorata | deflowered, no longer virgin |
| defuit | he/she departed, died | defunctorum | of the dead (people) |
| defunctorum, liber | register of the deceased | defunctus est | he died |
| defungitur | he/she dies, is discharged | dei | of God |
| deinde | then, thereafter, next | denatus | deceased, dead |
| denatus est | he died, has died | denunciatio | publication of marriage banns |
| desponsationis | engagement | desponsatus | engaged |
| deus | God | dexter | right |
| dictus | said, stated, known as | didymus | twin |
| die | on the day | dies (diei) | day |
| dignus | worthy | dimidium | half |
| diocesis | diocese | discessit | he/she died |
| disponsationis | permission | divortium | divorce |
| dodum | formerly, recently | domi | at home |
| domicella | young lady, servant, nun | domicellus | young nobleman, servant |
| domina | lady | dominica | Sunday |
| dominus | lord, rule, the Lord (Christ) | domus | home, house, family |
| dos (dotis) | dowry | duae | two |
| ducatus | duchy | ducentesimus | two hundredth |
| ducenti | two hundred | ducis | see dux |
| dum | while, when, until, as long as | duo | two |
| duodecim | twelve | duodecimus | twelfth |
| duodevicesimus | eighteenth | duodeviginti | eighteen |
| dux | duke, leader | dysenteria | dysentery |
| Latin | English | Latin | English |
| e | out of, from | eadem | the same |
| eam | her | ebdomada | week |
| ecclampsia | convulsions | ecclesia | church |
| ego | I | ejusdem | the same |
| elapsus | past, elapsed | empicus | lung disease |
| enim | for, namely, truly | eodem | the same |
| episcopus | bishop | equalis | equal |
| eques (equitis) | knight, cavalry soldier | erant | they were |
| ergo | therefore, because of | erratum | error |
| esse | to be | est | he/she is |
| et | and, even | etiam | and also, and even |
| eum | him | ex | from, out of (places of origin) |
| exhalavit animam | he/she breathed out his/her soul | extra | outside of, beyond |
| extremum | last | extremum munitus | last rites provided |
| exulatus | exile |
| Latin | English | Latin | English |
| faber | maker, smith | factus | made |
| falso | falsely, incorrectly | familia | family |
| famulus | servant | feber (febris) | fever |
| februarii | of February | fecunda | pregnant |
| femina | female, woman | fere | almost, nearly |
| feria | day, holiday | festum | feast, festival, wedding |
| fidelis | faithful | figulus | potter |
| filia | daughter | filiaster | stepson |
| filiastra | stepdaughter | filiola | little daughter |
| filiolus | little son | filius | son |
| finis | border, end | fluxus | dysentery |
| focus | hearth, fireplace, home | foderator | fuller, cloth worker |
| folium | page | fons (fontis) | baptismal font, spring |
| fossor | grave digger, miner | frater | brother |
| fuerunt | they were | fui | I was |
| fuit | he/she was | furnarius | baker |
| Latin | English | Latin | English |
| garcio | boy, servant | gemellae | twins (female) |
| gemelli | twins (male, or male & female) | geminus | twin |
| genealogia | genealogy | gener | son-in-law |
| generis | see genus | generosus | of noble birth, gentleman |
| genitor | father | genitores | parents |
| genitus est | he was born, begotten | gens (gentis) | male line, clan, tribe, lineage |
| genuit | he/she was begotten | genus (generis) | sex, type, kind, birth, descent |
| germana | real sister (by blood);German | germania | Germany |
| germanus | real brother (by blood);German | glos (gloris) | sister-in-law (wife’s sister) |
| gradus | degree, grade | gratia | grace, sake |
| gravida | pregnant | guardianus | guardian |
| gubernium | domain |
| Latin | English | Latin | English |
| habent | they have | habet | he/she has |
| habitans | resident, inhabitant | habitatio | residence |
| habitavit | he/she resided, dwelt | habuit | he/she had, held |
| haec | this, the latter | haereticus | heretic |
| haud | not | hebdomada | week |
| helvetia | Switzerland | heres (heredis) | heir |
| heri | yesterday | hibernia | Ireland |
| hic | here | hinc | from here |
| his | this, the latter | hispania | Spain |
| hoc | this, the latter | hodie | today |
| homo (hominis) | man, human being | honestus | respectable, honorable |
| hora | hour | hortulanus | gardener |
| hospes (hospitis) | innkeeper | huius | of this, of the latter |
| humationis | burial | humatus est | he was buried |
| humilis | humble, lowly | hungaricus | Hungarian |
| hydropsis | dropsy |
| Latin | English | Latin | English |
| iam | already | ibi | there |
| ibidem | in the same place | idem | the same |
| ignotus | unknown | iit | he/she went |
| illegitimus | illegitimate | illius | of that, of the former |
| impedimentum | hindrance, impediment | imperium | empire |
| imponit | he imposes, places upon | impositus | imposed, placed upon |
| imposui | I placed upon | impregnata | pregnant |
| impraegnavit | he impregnated | incarnationis | of the incarnation |
| incola | resident, inhabitant | index (indicis) | index |
| inerunt | they entered into (marriage) | infans (infantis) | child, infant |
| inferior | lower | infirmus | weak |
| infra | below, under | infrascriptus | written below, undersigned |
| iniit | he/she entered, began | initiatus est | he was baptized |
| injuria | injury; worry | inter | between |
| intra | within, during | intronizati sunt | they were married |
| intronizaverunt | they married, have married | inupta | unmarried |
| invenit | he/she found, discovered | ipse | himself, herself, itself |
| ita | so, thus | item | also, likewise |
| ivit | he/she went |
| Latin | English | Latin | English |
| januarii | of January | jovis, dies | Thursday |
| judaicus | Jewish | judicium | court |
| julii | of July | juncti sunt | they were joined (in marriage) |
| junii | of June | junior | younger, junior |
| juravit | he/she swore, took an oath | jure | legally, lawfully |
| juro | I swear, testify | jus (juris) | law |
| juvenis | young man, woman or person |
| Latin | English | Latin | English |
| laborius | worker, laborer | lanarius | wool worker |
| laniarius | butcher | laniator | butcher |
| lanifex (lanificis) | weaver | laterarius | brick maker |
| lautus est | he was, has been, baptized | lavacrum | font |
| lavatus est | he was baptized, washed | lavo | I baptize, wash |
| legio | legion | legitimatus | legitimate |
| levabat | he was holding, raising | levans | godparent |
| levantes | the godparents | levantibus | by the godparents |
| levare ex fonte | to act as a godparent | levir | husband’s brother |
| liber | book, register, free | liberi | children |
| libra | pound (weight) | ligati sunt | they were (have been) married |
| ligatus | married, joined, married person | ligavi | I joined (in marriage) |
| lignarius | joiner, cabinetmaker | lignicidus | woodcutter |
| linifex (linificis) | linen weaver | locus | place |
| ludimagister | schoolmaster, teacher | ludus | school |
| lunae, dies | Monday | lustrationis | of the baptism |
| Latin | English | Latin | English |
| macellator | butcher | magis | more |
| magister | master | magnus | large, great |
| maii | of May | major | greater, older |
| majorennis | of legal age | majoritatatis | of legal age, majority |
| male | badly | malus | bad, evil |
| mane | in the morning | manu propria | (signed) by one’s own hand |
| manus | hand, band | marasmus | weakness |
| maris | of male, man | marita | married, wife |
| mariti | married couple | maritus | married, husband |
| martii | of March | martis, dies | Tuesday |
| mas | male, man | mater (matris) | mother |
| matertera | aunt, mother’s sister | matrica | register, record book |
| matrimoniorum, liber | register of marriages | matrimonium | marriage |
| matrina | godmother | matruelis | cousin on mother’s side |
| me | me | mecum | with me |
| medicus | doctor | mendicus | beggar |
| mense | in the month (of) | mensis | month |
| mercator | merchant | mercenarius | day laborer |
| mercurii, dies | Wednesday | meretrix (meretricis) | harlot, prostitute |
| meridies | noon | meus | mine |
| miles (militis) | soldier, knight | mille | thousand |
| millesimus | thousandth | minorennis | not of legal age |
| minoritatis | of less than legal age, minority | minus | less |
| modo | lately, presently, now | modus | manner, way |
| mola | mill | molitor | miller |
| moneta | money | mons (montis) | mountain |
| morbus | disease | more novo | (according to) the new style |
| more vetere | (according to) the old style | moritur | he/she died |
| mortis | of death | mortuus est | he died |
| mos (moris) | custom, manner | mulier | woman, wife |
| multus | many | munitus | fortified, provided |
| mutuus | mutual, common |
| Latin | English | Latin | English |
| n.n.=nomen nescio | I do not know the name | nativitas | birth |
| naturalis | natural, illegitimate | natus est | he was born |
| nauta | sailor | nec | neither, nor |
| necessitatis | of necessity | necnon | and also |
| negotiator | merchant (commerce) | nemo (neminis) | no one |
| neosponsa | newlywed (female) | neosponsus | newlywed (male) |
| nepos (nepotis) | nephew, grandson | neptis | niece, granddaughter |
| neque | and not | nescit | he doesn’t know |
| niger | black | nihil | nothing |
| nisi | if not | nobilis | noble |
| nobilitatis | of nobility | nocte | at night |
| nomen | name | nomen nescio | name not known |
| nominatus est | he was named | nomine | by/with the name (of) |
| non | not, no | nonagenarius | a person in his nineties |
| nonagesimus | ninetieth | nonaginta | ninety |
| nongentesimus | nine hundredth | nongenti | nine hundred |
| nonus | ninth | nonus decimus | nineteenth |
| nos | we, us | noster | our |
| nota bene | note well, notice | notarius | notary |
| nothus | illegitimate child | novem | nine |
| novembris | of November | noverca | stepmother |
| nox | night | nudius | earlier |
| nudius tertius | three days earlier | nullus | no, none |
| numerus | number | nunc | now, at this time |
| nunquam | never | nuper | lately |
| nupserunt | they married | nupta | married woman, bride |
| nuptias | wedding | nuptus | married |
| nurus | daughter-in-law | nutritor | foster father |
| nutrius | foster child | nutrix (nutricis) | foster mother |
| Latin | English | Latin | English |
| ob | on account of, for |