Where does “Cometes” come from?

Cometes (Translingual) comes from Latin cometes, from Ancient Greek κομήτης, from Ancient Greek κόμη, from Latin κομεω — to care for.

Cometes (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Cometes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincometesA comet, meteor, shooting star; A portent of...
2Ancient Greekκομήτηςlong-haired; long-haired; comet; longhaired
3Ancient Greekκόμηhair of the head
4Latinκομεωto care for
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