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Planet

/ˈplænɪt/

A large body orbiting a star.

The Greek roots

πλανήτης
planḗtēs
wanderer

Literally: wandering star

The story of the word

Ancient observers noticed a handful of 'stars' that wandered against the fixed background of the night — the planḗtai, the wanderers.

The same roots elsewhere

Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.

In a sentence

From here you can see a bright planet near the moon.

Built on the same root

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