Sub-Lunar
/ˌsʌbˈluːnər/noun
Situated below the moon; in Aristotelian philosophy, belonging to the changing earthly realm.
Did you know?In classical cosmology, the sublunar world was the unstable sphere beneath the Moon, while the heavens above were thought to be perfect and unchanging.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂el-
“to grow, nourish; in later branches, the source of words for the moon and light in some traditions”
Latin
Latin
sub
“under, beneath”
Latin
Latin
lūna
“the Moon”
Late Latin
Latin
sub lūnāris
“under the moon; earthly, changeable”
Middle English
English
sublunar
“beneath the moon; belonging to the mutable earthly sphere”
Modern English
English
sub-lunar
“situated below the Moon; earthly or changeable”
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