cosmetics

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκοσμητική“the art of dress and ornament”
2. French · derived fromcosmétique
3. English todaycosmetics

From French cosmétique, from Ancient Greek κοσμητική (kosmētikḗ, “the art of dress and ornament”), from κοσμητικός (kosmētikós), an adjective of κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish”).

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