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cometes.

a comet, meteor, shooting star

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kɔˈmeː.teːs]Classical-Latin[koˈmɛː.tes]
  1. a comet, meteor, shooting star

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  2. a portent of disaster

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired; comet”), from κομᾰ́ω (komắō, “to have long hair”) + -της (-tēs, “-er”), the former from κόμη (kómē, “hair”) which itself was borrowed into Latin as coma.

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