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841 Etymology dictionary, p. *pele- (2).3
… wings;" planet; plani-; planisphere; plano-; -plasia; plasma; plasmid; plasm; -plasm; -plast; plaster; plastic; plastid; -plasty; Polack; Poland; Pole; polka; protoplasm; veldt …
842 Etymology dictionary, p. perihelion (n.).2
"point at which a planet or comet is nearest the Sun," 1680s, coined in Modern Latin ( perihelium ) by Kepler (1596) from Latinizations of Greek peri "near" (see peri- ) + hēlios "sun" (from PIE root *sawel- "the sun"). Subsequently re-Greeked.
843 Etymology dictionary, p. planet (n.).1
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844 Etymology dictionary, p. planet (n.).2
… French planete (Modern French planète ) and directly from Late Latin planeta, from Greek planētēs, from (asteres) planētai "wandering (stars)," from planasthai …
845 Etymology dictionary, p. planet (n.).4
… star, planet," in medicine "unstable temperature."
846 Etymology dictionary, p. planetary (adj.).2
… a planet;" see planet + -ary. Perhaps from or based on Late Latin planetarius "pertaining to a planet or planets," but according to OED this is attested only as a noun …
847 Etymology dictionary, p. planetarium (n.).2
… the planets," Modern Latin, from Late Latin planeta (see planet ) + Latin -arium "a place for." Sense of "device for projecting the night sky onto the interior of a dome …
848 Etymology dictionary, p. planetoid (n.).2
"one of the asteroids, or minor planets, revolving about the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter," 1803; see planet + -oid. Related: Planetoidal .
849 Etymology dictionary, p. plano-.2
alternative form of plani- "flat, level" (based on Latin planus ), but an identical word-forming element is used in sciences as a combining form of Greek planos "wandering" (see planet ).
850 Etymology dictionary, p. Pluto (n.).2
… ). The planet (since downgraded) was discovered 1930 by U.S. astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh; Minerva also was suggested as a name for it. The cartoon dog first appeared …
851 Etymology dictionary, p. plutonium (n.).2
… , the planet, + element ending -ium. Discovered at University of California, Berkeley, in 1941, the element was named on suggestion of Seaborg and Wahl because …
852 Etymology dictionary, p. proper (adj.).4
… or planets" (c. 1300). Proper noun is from mid-15c.
853 Etymology dictionary, p. protoplanet (n.).2
"large, diffuse cloud of matter in the orbit of a young star, regarded as the preliminary state of a planet," 1949, from proto- + planet .
854 Etymology dictionary, p. quintile (n.).2
… of planets when they are 72 degrees from each other" (a fifth of the zodiac), from Latin quintus "the fifth" (from PIE root *penkwe- "five") + ending from quartile. Its use …
855 Etymology dictionary, p. reception (n.).2
… two planets on each other;" late 15c. in the general sense of "the act or fact of getting or receiving; the receiving of something in the manner of a receptacle …
856 Etymology dictionary, p. retrograde (adj.).2
… ., of planets, "appearing to move in the sky contrary to the usual direction," from Latin retrogradus "going back, moving backward," from retrogradi "move backward …
857 Etymology dictionary, p. retrogression (n.).2
… of planets in the sky, 1640s, noun of action, formed on model of progression, from Latin retrogressus, past participle of retrogradi "move backward" (see retrograde …
858 Etymology dictionary, p. revolve (v.).4
… the planets about the sun, is by 1713; that of "rotate, turn or roll about upon an axis or center" is by 1738. Related: Revolved; revolving; revolvement; revolvency …
859 Etymology dictionary, p. satellite (n.).4
Meaning "planet that revolves about a larger one" is attested 1660s, on the notion of "an attendant," in reference to the moons of Jupiter, from Latin satellites …
860 Etymology dictionary, p. Saturday (n.).2
… the planet Saturn," from Sæternes (genitive of Sætern; see Saturn ) + Old English dæg (see day ). Partial loan-translation of Latin Saturni dies "Saturn's day" (compare …