Science & TechnologyGreek → English
Meteor
A streak of light from space debris burning in the atmosphere.
The Greek roots
μετέωρον
metéōron
thing high in the air
Literally: “raised above”
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The story of the word
To the Greeks anything 'lofted up' in the sky was a metéōron — which is also why the study of weather is meteorology.
In a sentence
A bright meteor split the August sky.