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English word latitude comes from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂tós (Lifted.), Proto-Indo-European *tl̥néh₂ti (To be lifting.), Latin stlatus
*tl̥h₂tós (Proto-Indo-European)
Lifted.
*tl̥néh₂ti (Proto-Indo-European)
To be lifting.
stlatus (Latin)
*tlātos (Proto-Italic)
*tolnō (Proto-Italic)
Lift, carry.
latus (Latin)
Side, flank Spacious, extensive. Wide, broad.
latitudo (Latin)
(by extension) extent, size, compass, broadness. (figuratively, rare) a broad pronunciation; richness of expression. Breadth, width, latitude.
latitude (French)
(astronomy) The angle with a plane parallel to the ecliptic, the straight line that passes through a heavenly body and a particular centre on this plane.. (by extension) Different areas under a given temperature due to their greater or lesser distance from the equator.. (geography) The distance from a place to the equator measured in degrees on the meridian; parallel viewing.. Expansion, breadth.
latitude (English)
(astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.. (geography) An imaginary line (in fact a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.. (geography, astronomy) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.. (photography) The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be [...]