Etymology

aurora borealis

Today it means: The aurora of the northern hemisphere. Full definition →

New Latin aurōra boreālis ← ['la-new ',
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  1. ['la-new · learned borrowing from',
  2. New Latin · learned borrowing fromaurōra boreālis
  3. English todayaurora borealis

Learned borrowing from New Latin aurōra boreālis (literally “northern dawn”).

Words from the same roots

New Latinaurōra boreālis all →

northern dawn

['la-new', all →

ab intra

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.