cometes
Pronunciation: [kɔˈmeː.teːs]
“cometes” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:
noun
Etymology
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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