Cloud
From Old English clud, “mass of rock”
a 13c. metaphoric extension of cumulus clouds to rock masses.
Old English word for “cloud” was weolcan,
but “cloud” has iconicity.
Old English word for “cloud” was weolcan,
but “cloud” has iconicity.
Alto
From Latin altus, “high”.
Cirrus
From Latin cirrus, “a lock of hair, tendril, curl, ringlet of hair; the fringe of a garment”
to the clouds in 1803.
Cumulus
From Latin cumulus, “a heap, pile, mass, surplus”
from PIE *ku-m-olo-,
suffixed shortened form of base *keue-, “to swell”.
Nimbus
To English in 1610s, “bright cloud surrounding a god”
from Latin nimbus, “cloud”
perhaps related to nebula, “cloud, mist”.
Stratus
From Latin stratus, “a spreading”.
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