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801 Etymology dictionary, p. earth (n.).3
The earth considered as a planet was so called from c. 1400. Use in old chemistry is from 1728. Earth-mover "large digging machine" is from 1940.
802 Etymology dictionary, p. earthman (n.).2
also earth-man, 1860, "a spirit of nature; a demon who lives below the ground," from earth (n.) + man (n.). Science fiction sense of "inhabitant of the planet Earth" first attested 1949 in writing of Robert Heinlein.
803 Etymology dictionary, p. ecosphere (n.).2
region around a star where conditions allow life-bearing planets to exist, 1953; see eco- + sphere. Apparently coined by German-born U.S. physician and space medicine pioneer Hubertus Strughold (1898-1986).
804 Etymology dictionary, p. elongation (n.).2
… a planet from the sun as it appears from the earth;" early 15c., "extension, spreading," from Medieval Latin elongationem (nominative elongatio ), noun of action …
805 Etymology dictionary, p. ether (n.).3
… and planets. Conceived of as a purer form of fire or air, or as a fifth element. From 17c.-19c., it was the scientific word for an assumed "frame of reference" for forces …
806 Etymology dictionary, p. exaltation (n.).2
… a planet in the zodiac where it exerts its greatest influence," from Old French exaltacion "enhancement, elevation," and directly from Late Latin exaltationem …
807 Etymology dictionary, p. Friday (n.).2
… (the planet) Venus," which itself translated Greek Aphrodites hēmera .
808 Etymology dictionary, p. Gaia (n.).2
… a planet."
809 Etymology dictionary, p. globe (n.).3
… "the planet earth," also "map of the earth or sky drawn on the surface of an artificial sphere" are attested from 1550s. Meaning "globe-shaped glass vessel" is from …
810 Etymology dictionary, p. heavenly (adj.).2
… (stars, planets, etc.) attested from late 14c. Related: Heavenliness .
811 Etymology dictionary, p. horoscope (n.).2
… of planets, on any given day, used by astrologers," mid-16c., from French horoscope, from Latin horoscopum / horoscopus, from Greek hōroskopos "nativity, horoscope …
812 Etymology dictionary, p. hour (n.).3
… the planets were held to rule over the unequal hours. As late as 16c. distinction sometimes was made in English between temporary (unequal) hours and sidereal …
813 Etymology dictionary, p. inclination (n.).2
… of planets at one's birth," from Old French inclination (14c.) and directly from Latin inclinationem (nominative inclinatio ) "a leaning, bending," figuratively …
814 Etymology dictionary, p. inerrant (adj.).2
… "wandering" planets), from Latin inerrantem (nominative inerrans ) "not wandering, fixed (of stars)," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + errans, present participle of …
815 Etymology dictionary, p. influenza (n.).3
… be planet-struck, afflicted as if by an evil star."
816 Etymology dictionary, p. infortunate (adj.).2
… of planets. The word lies beneath the "obsolete" headstone in OED. Related: infortune (n.); infortunacy .
817 Etymology dictionary, p. interplanetary (adj.).2
… between planets," from inter- "between" + planet + -ary. In reference to travel between planets, attested from 1897. Boyle and Locke both used intermundane in the …
818 Etymology dictionary, p. intramercurial (adj.).2
… the planet Mercury," 1859, especially in reference to a supposed planet orbiting there (sought in vain in the eclipse of 1860), from intra- "within, inside" + Mercury …
819 Etymology dictionary, p. Jove.2
… the planet Jupiter, late 14c., from Latin Iovis, from PIE root *dyeu- "to shine," in derivatives "sky, heaven, god" (compare Zeus ). In classical Latin, the compound Iuppiter …
820 Etymology dictionary, p. jovial (adj.).2
… the planet Jupiter," from French jovial (16c.), from Italian joviale, literally "pertaining to Jupiter," and directly from Late Latin Iovialis "of Jupiter," from …