English
Puppis
Puppis comes from Latin puppis ‘stern of a ship’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpuppis‘stern of a ship’
- EnglishtodayPuppis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpuppis‘stern of a ship’
- EnglishtodayPuppis
The story
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763.
Linked words
through Latin puppis ‘stern of a ship’
Today it means
name A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the stern of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin puppis / Puppis