English
lunistice
Lunistice comes from Latin *lūnistitium.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*lūnistitiumreconstructed
- Englishtodaylunistice
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*lūnistitiumreconstructed
- Englishtodaylunistice
A compound of lūna ‘a moon’ + sistō ‘to stand, place’
Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’
Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ ‘moon’
Proto-Italic *louksnā ‘moon’
Latin lūna ‘a moon’
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘stand’
Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti ‘to be standing up, to be getting up’
Proto-Italic *sistō ‘to stand’
Latin sistō ‘to stand, place’
The story
Borrowed from Latin *lūnistitium, coined from lūna + sistō (‘to stand, place’) in 1650, on the model of solstitium (‘solstice’).
Every English word from Latin *lūnistitium
Today it means
noun The farthest point of the moon's northing and southing, in its monthly revolution.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin *lūnistitium / lunistice