Etymology

apolune

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Today it means: The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its maximum. Full definition →

Latin lūna
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlūna“moon”
  2. English todayapolune

From apo- (“far”) + Latin lūna (“moon”).

Words from the same roots

Latinlūna all →

lunalunaticlunelunanautluni-lunicurrentlunomancyperilunesolilunar

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.