comet
English
/ˈkɒmət/
noun
Definitions
- (astronomy) A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun.
- A celestial phenomenon with the appearance given by the orbiting celestial body.
- Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English comete inherited from Old English comēta derived from Old French comete derived from Latin comētēs derived from Ancient Greek κομήτης (longhaired, comet, long-haired).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κομήτης
Gloss
longhaired, comet, long-haired
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cometary English
- cometic English
- cometless English
- cometlike English
- cometocentric English
- cometographer English
- cometographic English
- cometographical English
- cometography English
- cometology English
- exocomet English
- exocometary English
- uncometary English
- vomit English
- vomit comet English
- cometa Latin
- cometes Latin
- comēta Latin
- comētēs Latin
- κομήτης Ancient Greek
- komet Norwegian Bokmål
- komet Norwegian Nynorsk
- comēta Old English
- comete Middle English
- comete Old French
- comed Welsh
- comete Middle Dutch
- conmète Norman