Sublunary
/ˈsuːbləˌnɛri/noun
Relating to the region below the moon; earthly or mundane.
Did you know?In medieval and Renaissance cosmology, the sublunary sphere was the unstable realm of change, corruption, and the four elements—everything above the Moon was thought to be perfect and eternal.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*lewk-
“to shine, be bright”
Latin
Latin
lūna
“the Moon”
Late Latin
Latin
sublūnārius
“under the moon; earthly”
Middle French
French
sublunaire
“under the moon; terrestrial”
Late Middle English
English
sublunary
“beneath the moon; worldly, earthly”
Modern English
English
sublunary
“relating to the earthly world, as opposed to the heavens”