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plostrum.

wagon, cart, wain; constellation of Great Bear/Big Dipper;

8 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpɫoːs.trũː]Classical-Latin[ˈplɔs.trum]
  1. an open wagon or cart for hauling loads.

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  2. the Big Dipper, Charles' Wain, the Plough.

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Where this word comes from

Uncertain; possibly from Latin plautus~plōtus (“flat, broad”), thus "flatwagon", or Latin plaudere~plōdere (“clap, clatter”), thus "clatterer", both from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- and containing *-trom (“tool-suffix”) (Latin -trum). V. Bertoldi considers it a substrate word of various forms, among which ploxenum (“wagon-box”). C.f also Latin plaumorātum (plauromātum?) (“a type of plough”) and Proto-Germanic *plōgaz (“plough”) of likewise uncertain etymology.

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