heliacal
Meaningrelating to the sun
Common meaning: appearing near the sun at a particular time of year
- heliacalrelating to the sunSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 261 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√US‘burn’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 38, p. 731 · scan
- Greekἡλιακός‘relating to the sun’source
- Late Latinmeaning shiftsrelating to the sun → solarheliacus‘solar’source
- Englishmeaning shiftssolar → appearing near the sun at a particular time of yearheliacal‘appearing near the sun at a particular time of year’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek ἡλιακός ‘relating to the sun’.
Roots
- ἡλιακός Greek “relating to the sun”
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