The story
- Latin · learned borrowing fromGeōrgium Sīdus
- English todayGeorgium Sidus
Learned borrowing from Latin Geōrgium Sīdus. Coined by German-born British astronomer and composer William Herschel in 1781, after King George III.
First known use, by meaning
- from 18th c. The planet Uranus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.