Etymograph

English

Octans

Octans comes from Latin octans ‘an octant’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoctans‘an octant’
  2. EnglishtodayOctans

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoctans‘an octant’
  2. EnglishtodayOctans

The story

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763.

Every English word from Latin octans

Today it means

name A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an octant. It lies closest to the southern celestial pole of any constellation.

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