orb

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a spherical object or body, especially a celestial one

   The full moon hung in the sky like a pale silver orb.

Simplified etymology

Orb entered English in the late Middle English period from Latin orbis, meaning “ring.” In medieval English it denoted a sphere or circle, and in the early 17th century it acquired the specific sense of the cross-topped golden globe used in royal regalia. Orbit comes from the same Latin source.

From Latin 'orbis' ('a ring, disk, circle, anything circular'), of uncertain ultimate origin; in English extended to any spherical body, especially a heavenly one.

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