Etymology

didymos

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Today it means: The small binary Near-Earth asteroid (65803) Didymos. Its tiny moon is Dimorphos Full definition →

Ancient Greek δίδυμος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδίδυμος
  2. English todayDidymos

From Ancient Greek δίδυμος (dídumos) Literally, “twin”, named for being a double asteroid.

Words from the same roots

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