Both of these words derive from Latin horologium (cf French horloge) with German taking the first part only and Spanish taking the second, leaving the letter as the only common point between the two. From Wordnik.com. [Surprising etymology] Reference
And that's where that horologium you were talking about came from, too. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher and the Clockmakers] Reference
Trithonius mentions an horologium presented in A.D. 1232 by Al-Malik al-Kámil the Ayyubite Soldan to the Emperor Frederick II: like the Strasbourg and Padua clocks it struck the hours, told the day, month and year, showed the phases of the moon, and registered the position of the sun and the planets. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
Oh, there's also horologium. From Wordnik.com. [Universe Puzzle No. 6 | Universe Today] Reference
Trithonius mentions an horologium presented in. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
261 The present of the famous horologium-clepsydra-cuckoo clock, the dog Becerillo and the elephant Abu Lubabah sent by Harun to Charlemagne is not mentioned by Eastern authorities and consequently no reference to it will be found in my late friend Professor Palmer’s little volume “Haroun Alraschid,” London, Marcus Ward, 1881. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
And Paula's rhinestone horologium confirmed it. From Wordnik.com. [phillyBurbs.com: Home RSS feed] Reference
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