The story
- Arabic · derived fromالعِضَادَة“astrolabe, alidade”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromθέᾱ“sight, view”
- New Latin · borrowed fromtheodolitus
- English todaytheodolite
From New Latin theodolitus (1571), perhaps containing Ancient Greek θέᾱ (théā, “sight, view”) and Arabic العِضَادَة (al-ʕiḍāda, “astrolabe, alidade”); if so, doublet of alidade.
Words from the same roots
Arabicالعِضَادَة all →
alidade
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.