An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Several → meteor showers that have their → radiants in the constellation → Aquarius. The main showers are:

1. Eta Aquarids,
   which occurs early in May and is apparently associated with → Halley’s comet, and
   
2. Delta Aquarids occurring in early August.

Etymology (EN): Aquarids, from → Aquarius constellation + → -ids suffix denoting “descendant of, belonging to the family of.”

Etymology (PE): Âbkašiyân, from Âbkaš + -iyân, → -ids.