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Galaxy

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a large system of stars, gas, and dust bound by gravity
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Stage 1 of 2
galaxias
Greek · ancient
"milky, relating to milk"
literally milky, describing the Milky Way's pale band across the sky
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Stage 2 of 2
galaxy
English · 1300s
"a large system of stars"
settled as the word for the Milky Way, later any large star system
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