English
sidereal
Sidereal comes from Latin sīdereus ‘of or belonging to the stars’, and goes back to sīdus ‘a star”, “a constellation’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsīdus‘a star”, “a constellation’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsīdereus‘of or belonging to the stars’
- Englishearliest quotation 1831sidereal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsīdus‘a star”, “a constellation’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsīdereus‘of or belonging to the stars’
- Englishearliest quotation 1831sidereal
Earliest quotation: 1831, Thomas Carlyle, Reminiscences: “These fringes of lamplight, struggling up through smoke and…”
Formed from -al
Every English word from Latin sīdus
Today it means
adj Of or relating to the stars.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sīdus / sidereal