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Zodiac



The term zodiac (Latin zodiacus, from the Greek , meaning "circle of little animals", derived from , the diminutive of "animal") denotes several places where a circle of twelve animals occurs. However, another suggested etymology is that the Greek term was borrowed from the Sanscrit sodi, denoting "a path", i.



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