planete

Middle English

noun
Definitions
  • (astronomy) Each of the seven celestial celestial bodies which move relative to the rest of the stars: the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
  • (rare) Any celestial body, include the fixed stars.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French planete derived from Latin planeta (planet) derived from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (wanderer, planet, wandering), πλανάω (wander about, stray, wander) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pel-

Gloss

dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

皮, 膚, 肌

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