English
supercomet
From super- + comet.
Ancient Greek κόμη ‘hair’
Ancient Greek κομήτης ‘longhaired’
Latin comētēs ‘a comet, meteor, shooting star’
Old English comēta
Middle English comete
English comet
Today it means
noun A giant comet.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “supercomet”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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