orbita

Meaning

1. (Classical-Latin, declension-1, feminine, literally) A track or rut made in the ground by a wheel.
2. (Classical-Latin, Old-Latin, declension-1, feminine, figuratively, literally, poetic) A track or rut made in the ground by a wheel.
3. (declension-1, feminine) An impression or mark left by a ligature.
4. (declension-1, feminine) A circuit, orbit.

Concepts

orbit

rut

a wheel rut

Synonyms

gyrus

⭕

Translations

órbita

órbita

orbite

orbita

مدار

orbita

Umlaufbahn

Orbit

òrbita

baan

🛣️

κοίλωμα ματιού

Fahrrinne

τροχία

πορεία

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɔr.bɪ.ta]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (“to turn”), cognate to Umbrian 𐌖𐌓𐌚𐌄𐌕𐌀 (urfeta).
Two derivational pathways from that root include:
* Possibly from *orbes, orbitis ("going in a circle") + -a, from orbis (“circle”) + -es (“going”). Confer antistita, from antistes. This would imply Proto-Italic *orβitā.
* Possibly a substantivization Proto-Italic *orβetā of a past participle *orβetos to an iterative verb *orβeō.