Where does “declination” come from?
Declination comes from Middle English declinacioun, from Middle French declination, from Latin declinatio (a bending away), derived from Latin declino (to bend or turn away), combining Latin de- (away) with Proto-Indo-European ḱley- (to bend or incline).
declination (English): At a given point, the angle between magnetic...
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- At a given point, the angle between magnetic...
Ancestry of “declination”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | declinacioun | Declination; angle of an object from the celestial equator or occasionally ecliptic |
| 2 | Middle French | declination | — |
| 3 | Latin | dēclīnātiō | declination |
| 4 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |