Where does “meteor” come from?
meteor (Hungarian) comes from English meteor, from Middle French météore, from Latin meteōrum, from Ancient Greek μετέωρον, from Ancient Greek μετέωρος, from Ancient Greek ἀείρω, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wer-, from Proto-Indo-European wēr- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
meteor (Hungarian): meteor a fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere
Definitions
- meteor a fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere
Ancestry of “meteor”, step by step
meteor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English meteor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meteor | A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky... |
| 2 | Middle French | météore | — |
| 3 | Latin | meteōrum | meteor |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μετέωρον | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μετέωρος | lifted up, on high, in air |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀείρω | to lift up, raise, support; to bear, sustain; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wer- | to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via German Meteor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Meteor | meteor (streak of light caused by extraterrestrial matter entering the atmosphere) |