Where does “septentriō” come from?

septentriō (Latin) comes from Latin Septem, from Proto-Italic septem, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

septentriō (Latin): Ursa Major, Charles' Wain, the Big Dipper

Definitions

  1. Ursa Major, Charles' Wain, the Big Dipper

Ancestry of “septentriō”, step by step

septentriō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Septem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSeptemseven; 7
2Proto-Italicseptemseven
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven

via Latin triō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintriōa plow ox
2Latinterōto rub or triturate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “septentriō”

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