Etymograph

English

Praesepe

Praesepe comes from Latin praesaepe ‘enclousre, pen, name of star cluster’, from praesaepiō ‘barricade, fence in’, and ultimately from saepiō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaepiō‘to surround, enclose, fence in’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraesaepiō‘barricade, fence in’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraesaepe‘enclousre, pen, name of star cluster’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1998Praesepe

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaepiō‘to surround, enclose, fence in’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraesaepiō‘barricade, fence in’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraesaepe‘enclousre, pen, name of star cluster’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1998Praesepe

Earliest quotation: 1998, John H. Roger, Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian t: “Cancer was occupied by a scarab in Egypt, so…”

Linked words

through Latin saepiō ‘to surround, enclose, fence in’

septum, transept

Today it means

name The Beehive Cluster, an open cluster in the constellation Cancer.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin saepiō / Praesepe

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