Etymology

astrobleme

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Today it means: A pit-like structure created by an impacting meteoroid, asteroid or comet. Full definition →

Ancient Greek βλῆμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβλῆμα“wound from a missile”
  2. English todayastrobleme

1963, from astro- + Ancient Greek βλῆμα (blêma, “wound from a missile”)

Words from the same roots

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