Etymology

Centaurus

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Today it means: A spring constellation of the northern sky (and autumn of the southern sky) with the outline of a centaur. It includes the stars Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman), Proxima Centauri, and Hadar. Full definition →

Latin centaurus ← Ancient Greek κένταυρος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκένταυρος“centaur”
  2. Latin · derived fromcentaurus
  3. English todayCentaurus

From Latin centaurus, from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”). Doublet of centaur.

Words from the same roots

Latincentaurus all →

centaur

Ancient Greekκένταυρος all →

centaur

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