The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀπόγειον“away from Earth”
- Latin · derived fromapogaeum
- Middle French · borrowed fromapogée
- English todayapogee
From Middle French apogée, from Latin apogaeum, apogēum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “away from Earth”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀπόγειον all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.