satellite
/ˈsætəˌlaɪt/SA-tuh-lyt
/ˈsætəˌlaɪt/SA-tuh-lyt
Meaningan attendant
Common meaning: an orbiting body
- satellan attendant, guardLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1632 · scan
- iteadjective ending (Latin past participle -itus)
Journey through time
- Latinsatelles, -itis‘an attendant, guard’
- Frenchsatellite
- Englishsatellite‘an orbiting body’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin satelles ‘an attendant, guard’.
Roots
- satelles, -itis Latin “an attendant, guard”
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