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861 Etymology dictionary, p. Saturn.2
… remote planet (then known); from Latin Saturnus, originally a name of an Italic god of agriculture, possibly from Etruscan. Derivation from Latin serere (past …
862 Etymology dictionary, p. Saturn.3
Identified with Greek Kronos, father of Zeus. Also the alchemical name for lead (late 14c.). In Akkadian, the planet was kaiamanu, literally "constant, enduring," hence Hebrew kiyyun, Arabic and Persian kaiwan "Saturn."
863 Etymology dictionary, p. saturnian (adj.).2
1550s, "pertaining to the planet Saturn;" 1610s, "pertaining to the god Saturn or his reign," from French saturnien, from Latin saturnius, from Saturn (see Saturn ).
864 Etymology dictionary, p. saturnine (adj.).2
… the planet Saturn," from Middle English Saturne (see Saturn ) + -ine (1). Old medicine believed these characteristics to be caused or influenced by the astrological …
865 Etymology dictionary, p. seven (num.).4
… seven planets of classical astronomy. Popular as a tavern sign, it might also (with six in a circle, one in the center) be a Masonic symbol.
866 Etymology dictionary, p. sextile (adj.).2
… two planets, "at an angular distance of 60 degrees;" 1590s (n.); from Latin sextilis (adj.) "the sixth" (in classical Latin used only in the calendar, with mensis, as the …
867 Etymology dictionary, p. sideration (n.).2
… be planet-struck, afflicted as if by an evil star," from stem of sidus (genitive sideris ) "heavenly body, star, constellation" (see sidereal ). English in 17c. also had …
868 Etymology dictionary, p. signifier (n.).2
… (1580s) "planet ruling a house," from Medieval Latin significare; the English word is attested from 1640s as "one who or that which signifies" ( significatory is …
869 Etymology dictionary, p. sphere (n.).4
… the planets and the fixed stars; the supposed harmonious sound they made rubbing against one another was the music of the spheres (late 14c.), Milton's sphery …
870 Etymology dictionary, p. star (n.).3
Used originally of the apparently fixed celestial bodies, which is the restricted modern sense. But it also was used of planets and comets, as preserved in falling star (late 15c.) "meteor;" morning star "Venus at dawn" (Old English), etc.
871 Etymology dictionary, p. star (n.).4
… of planets and zodiac on human affairs" is recorded from mid-13c., hence "person's fate as figured in the stars" (c. 1600; star-crossed "ill-fated," literally "born under …
872 Etymology dictionary, p. stationary (adj.).2
late 14c., stacionarie, "having no apparent motion" (in reference to planets), via Anglo-Latin stationarius "motionless," from the stem of Latin statio "a standing, post, job, position" (see station (n.)). The Old French form was stacioonaire .
873 Etymology dictionary, p. suborbital (adj.).2
also sub-orbital, 1803, "situated below the orbit of the eye;" 1959 of rocket flights, etc., "not making a complete orbit of the planet," from sub- "below" + orbital (adj.). Related: Suborbitally .
874 Etymology dictionary, p. sun (n.).2
… or planet; daylight; the rays of the sun, sunlight," also the sun as a god or object of worship; Middle English sonne, from Old English sunne "the sun," from Proto-Germanic …
875 Etymology dictionary, p. synod (n.).2
… of planets," from syn- "together" (see syn- ) + hodos "a traveling, journeying; a manner or system (of doing, speaking, etc.); a way, road, path," a word of uncertain origin (see Exodus …
876 Etymology dictionary, p. system (n.).4
… its planets. The computer sense of "group of related programs" is recorded from 1963. All systems go (1962) is from U.S. space program. The system "prevailing social …
877 Etymology dictionary, p. tectonics (n.).2
1899 in the geological sense, "structural arrangement of the rocks of the planet's crust," from tectonic (also see -ics ); earlier it meant "building or constructive arts in general" (1850).
878 Etymology dictionary, p. telluric (adj.).2
… a planet." The last two senses are from Latin tellus, tellum (genitive telluris ) "earth, the earth" (see tellurian ). Also see -ic. Related: Tellurial .
879 Etymology dictionary, p. terminator (n.).2
… or planet," from Latin terminator, literally "he who limits or sets bounds," agent noun from terminare "to mark the end or boundary," from terminus "end, limit" (see …
880 Etymology dictionary, p. terra (n.).3
… , a planet among planets (as opposed to Mars, Neptune).