The story
- Latin · derived fromcaelestis“heavenly”
- English todayCelestia
From Latin caelestis (“heavenly”), perhaps influenced by celestial. In sense 2 (“Fredericton”), after Celestial City.
Words from the same roots
Latincaelestis all →
celestialcelestecelestcelestify
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.