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meteoros
Greek · ancient
"lofty, high in the air"
lofty, high in the air
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meteor
English · 1550s
"a streak of light from a body burning in the atmosphere"
settled as the English word for a streak of light in the sky
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meteorite
English · 1818
"a fragment of rock from space that reaches the ground"
formed with the mineral suffix -ite for a meteor's fragment that survives to reach the ground
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