Etymology

loxodrome

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Today it means: A line on a surface (such as the Earth) that cuts all meridians at a constant angle (but not a right angle) – on Earth, the path followed by a ship or aircraft that maintains a constant course by the compass. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λοξός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλοξός“oblique”
  2. English todayloxodrome

Back-formation from loxodromic, from Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “oblique”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”) via French.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekλοξός all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.