Etymograph

English

aeolipile

Aeolipile comes from Latin Aeoli pylae ‘doorway of Aeolus’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAeoli pylae‘doorway of Aeolus’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentéolipyle
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2020aeolipile

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAeoli pylae‘doorway of Aeolus’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentéolipyle
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2020aeolipile

Earliest quotation: 2020, John Rocco, How We Got to the Moon: “His machine, called an aeolipile, was quite simple. Water…”

Every English word from Latin Aeoli pylae

Today it means

noun A steam engine powered by rocket propulsion due to escaping steam, consisting of a pressure vessel mounted on a bearing, with one or more tubes which exhaust steam tangentially to the rotation axis so as to create rotation, which is mostly regarded as a curiosity with no practical use.

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

Etymograph / Latin Aeoli pylae / aeolipile

Shirt and support for this word