Etymology

orbiter

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Today it means: An object that orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it. Full definition →

English orbit ← Middle English orbite ← Latin orbita
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃erbʰ-
  2. Latinorbita
  3. Middle Englishorbita
  4. Middle Englishorbite
  5. Englishorbit
  6. English todayorbiter

From orbit + -er.

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