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solstitium
Latin · ancient
"the sun standing still"
literally sun standing still, from sol (sun) and sistere (to stand)
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solstice
English · 1200s
"the point at which the sun is furthest from the equator"
settled as the English word for the day when the sun's path pauses in its shift
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