Where does “apogee” come from?
Apogee comes from French apogée, from Latin apogaeum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον, literally meaning "away from earth," from ἀπό meaning "away from" and a root related to Proto-Indo-European h₂epo.
apogee (English): The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is...
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- The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is...
Ancestry of “apogee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | apogée | apogee |
| 2 | Latin | apogaeum | apogee; nominative neuter singular of apogaeus;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀπόγειον | apogee, greatest distance from the Earth |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀπό | from, away from; because of, as a result of |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |