septentrio
Latin
noun
Definitions
- Ursa Major, Charles' Wain, the Big Dipper
- Ursa Minor, the constellation including the most recent pole star
- The north
- Borealis or Boreas, the north wind
Etymology
Compound from Latin septem (seven) + Latin triō (Ursa Minor, plow ox, Ursa Major).
Origin
Latin
triō
Gloss
Ursa Minor, plow ox, Ursa Major
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- septet English
- septuplex English
- septangulus Latin
- septem Latin
- septeni Latin
- septicollis Latin
- septiens Latin
- septies Latin
- septipes Latin
- septunx Latin
- triō Latin
- sette Italian
- septidi French
- siete Spanish, Castilian
- πλέκω Ancient Greek
- *septḿ̥ Proto-Indo-European
- set Old French
- sep Esperanto
- set Catalan, Valencian
- șapte Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sept Norman
- sete Old Portuguese
- shapti Aromanian
- sèt Occitan
- *septem Proto-Italic
- seat Romansh
- set Romansh
- siat Romansh
- siete Asturian
- siet Friulian
- setti Sicilian
- sete Venetian
- sètte Ligurian
- sapto Dalmatian
- set Walloon
- set Ladin
- sete Sardinian
- siete Istriot
- sette Corsican
- siet Aragonese
- siete Mirandese
- set Piedmontese
- sêt Emilian
- șåpte Istro-Romanian
- șapti Megleno-Romanian