Meanings
- An eaglestone.First known use 15th c.
On such analogous reasoning it is not difficult to see why the aetites stone, with another rattling inside it, should have been thought helpful to a pregnant woman.
1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 184
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀετίτης“eagle (stone)”
- Latin(lapis) āetītēs“eagle (stone)”
- Middle Frenchaetite
- Anglo-Normanaetite
- Englishaetites
From Anglo-Norman aetite, aetites, Middle French aetite, and their source, Latin (lapis) āetītēs (“eagle (stone)”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ἀετίτης (λίθος) (aetítēs (líthos), “eagle (stone)”), from ἀετός (aetós, “eagle”).
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