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- Latin · derived fromcaelum“a chisel”
- English todayCaelum
From Latin caelum (“a chisel”). Named in the 17th century by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Caelum
Today it means: A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a chisel. Full definition →
Latin caelum