English

exoasteroid

From exo- + asteroid.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out of’

Proto-Hellenic *eks

Ancient Greek ἐκ ‘Out of, from’

Ancient Greek ἔξω ‘outer’

English exo-

Ancient Greek ἀστεροειδής ‘starlike’

Today it means

noun An asteroid outside the Solar System.

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Etymograph / exoasteroid