Etymograph

English

exocomet

Exocomet comes from Ancient Greek; the Ancient Greek form is not named.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEform not named
  2. Englishtodayexocomet

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEform not named
  2. Englishtodayexocomet

Formed from exo- + comet

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out of’

Proto-Hellenic *eks

Ancient Greek ἐκ ‘Out of, from’

Ancient Greek ἔξω ‘outer’

English exo-

Ancient Greek κόμη ‘hair’

Ancient Greek κομήτης ‘longhaired’

Latin comētēs ‘a comet, meteor, shooting star’

Old English comēta

Middle English comete

English comet

The story

Constructed from Ancient Greek: exo- + comet

Today it means

noun An extrasolar comet; A comet which exists outside Earth's solar system, including interstellar comets and comets that orbit stars other than the sun.

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