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Where does “κόμη” come from?

κόμη (Ancient Greek) comes from Latin κομεω — to care for.

κόμη (Ancient Greek): hair of the head

Definitions

  1. hair of the head

Ancestry of “κόμη”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinκομεωto care for

Words derived from “κόμη”

  • comet
  • cometary
  • compt
  • cometic
  • cometlike
  • cometology
  • comate
  • comose
  • comptible
  • cometocentric
  • cometography
  • cometless
  • exocomet
  • Coma Berenices
  • uncometary
  • comptly
  • cometographer
  • cometographical
  • conciator
  • comptus
  • comaron
  • compta
  • comatulus
  • comas
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