English
sideral
Sideral comes from Latin sīderālis ‘sidereal’, and goes back to sidus ‘star’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsidus‘star’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsīderālis‘sidereal’
- Englishearliest quotation 1667sideral
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsidus‘star’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsīderālis‘sidereal’
- Englishearliest quotation 1667sideral
Earliest quotation: 1667, John Milton, Book IX: “Theſe changes in the Heav’ns, though ſlow, produc’d /…”
Every English word from Latin sidus
Today it means
adj —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sidus / sideral