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Celestial

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means relating to the sky, heavens, or outer space
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Stage 1 of 2
caelestis
Latin · ancient
"relating to the sky"
relating to the sky or heaven, from caelum (sky, heaven)
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Stage 2 of 2
celestial
English · 1300s
"relating to the sky or heavens"
settled as the English word for anything relating to the sky or heaven
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