Etymology

celestine

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Today it means: Synonym of celestial: of or resembling the heavens. Full definition →

Old French celestin ← Latin caelestīnus
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celestine · adjective, noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromcaelestīnus
  2. Old French · derived fromcelestin
  3. English todaycelestine

From Old French celestin, Latin caelestīnus, from caelestis (“heavenly”) + -inus (“-ine”), from caelum (“sky, heavens, Heaven”). Equivalent to celest + -ine.

celestine · noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromcaelestīnus
  2. Italian · derived fromcelestina“sky-blue”
  3. English todaycelestine

From Italian celestina (“sky-blue”), from Latin caelestīnus, &c.

Celestine · noun, proper noun3

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ilom
  2. Proto-Italic*kailom?
  3. Latincaelum
  4. Latinterrestris
  5. Latincaelestis
  6. Latincaelestinus
  7. LatinCaelestinu
  8. English todayCelestine

Learned borrowing from Latin Caelestinus.

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