cosmos

cosmos · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromκόσμοι
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱens-“to announce, proclaim; to put in order”
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόσμος“order; universe; the earth, the world; decoration, ornament”
4. Middle English · inherited fromcossmos“the universe; the world”
5. English todaycosmos

From Middle English cossmos (“the universe; the world”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order; universe; the earth, the world; decoration, ornament”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim; to put in order”). The plural form cosmoi is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόσμοι (kósmoi).

cosmos · noun²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόσμος“decoration, ornament; order; universe; the earth, the world”
2. New Latin · derived fromcosmos
3. translingual · borrowed fromCosmos
4. English todaycosmos

Borrowed from translingual Cosmos (genus name), from New Latin cosmos, from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “decoration, ornament; order; universe; the earth, the world”) (referring to its elegant leaves); see further at etymology 1.

cosmos · noun³

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words from the same roots