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Meridian

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an imaginary line of longitude running from pole to pole
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Stage 1 of 2
meridianus
Latin · ancient
"relating to midday"
literally of midday, from medius (middle) and dies (day)
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meridian
English · 1300s
"a line of longitude"
settled as the word for a line of longitude, once tied to the sun's midday position
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