orisonte

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French horizon, horizonte, from Old French orisonte, orison, from Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων (horízōn).

Pronunciation

  • (Latinate stress) IPA(key): /ɔˈriːzunt(ə)/, /ɔˈriːzun/[1]
  • (French stress) IPA(key): /ɔriˈzunt(ə)/, /ɔriˈzuːn/, /ˈɔrizunt(ə)/, /ˈɔrizun/

Noun

orisonte (plural *orisontes) (chiefly Late Middle English)

  1. The horizon (point where the sky seems to disappear)[2]
  2. (astronomy) The circle indicating the horizon on an astrolabe.
  3. (by extension) The visible sky.

Descendants

  • English: horizon
  • Middle Scots: orizon, orizont

References

  1. ^ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700‎[1], second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 2, page 448.
  2. ^ “orīsont(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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