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satelles.

S:satellite; attendant; courtier; follower; life guard; companion; accomplice, abettor;

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[saˈtɛl.lɛs]Classical-Latin[saˈtɛl.les]

  1. attendant, follower, guard, bodyguard

    declension-3 · feminine · masculine

  2. followers, train

    collective · declension-3 · feminine · masculine

  3. accomplice, abettor

    declension-3 · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Unexplained. Four possibilities are: * From Etruscan 𐌆𐌀𐌕𐌋𐌀𐌈 (zatlaθ) "follower, guard", maybe connected with Camunian zaθalas and zaθaú "stability". * If cognate with Ancient Greek ἕταρος (hétaros, “comrade”), Lithuanian svẽčias (“guest”), Russian посетить (posetitʹ, “to visit”), then from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”) with a root extension. * From Old Latin *satro- (“enough, full”) + *leyt- (“to let go”), perhaps comparable to Proto-Germanic *fulgāną (English follow), which might be composed of roots with similar meaning. * From Old Latin *satellus, diminutive of *satḗr (“the possessor”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive, obtain”) (whence also Ancient Greek κτάομαι (ktáomai) and Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (x-š-ç-p-a-v-a /⁠xšaçapāvā⁠/)).

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