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Radius

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the distance from the center of a circle to any point on its circumference
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Stage 1 of 2
radius
Latin · ancient
"a spoke, a rod"
a spoke, a ray, a rod
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Stage 2 of 2
radius
English · 1590s
"the distance from the center of a circle to its edge"
adopted directly for the distance from a circle's center to its edge
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