UNIVERSE
COMETS
Question
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WHRE DID THE WORD COMET COME FROM
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ANCINET GRECEE
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GARAGE
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DINOSAURS
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VIKINGS
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The word comet came to the English language through Latin cometes. From the Greek word komē, meaning “hair of the head, ‘’ Aristotle first used the derivation komētēs to depict comets as “stars with hair."
Detailed explanation-2: -“Comet” comes from the Latin “cometes”, which in turn comes from the Greek “kometes”, meaning “long-haired”.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Old French, the word was comete, ultimately from a Greek root, kometes, which literally means “long-haired star."
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