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Where does “aurora borealis” come from?

aurora borealis (English) comes from New Latin [[aurōra]] [[boreālis]].

aurora borealis (English): The aurora of the northern hemisphere

Definitions

  1. The aurora of the northern hemisphere

Ancestry of “aurora borealis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latin[[aurōra]] [[boreālis]]—
Every word from New Latin [[aurōra]] [[boreālis]] →