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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] comete, from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] cometa,  from [[Latin]], from [[Greek]] komētēs, [[literally]], long-haired, from koman  to wear long hair, from komē hair

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] comete, from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] cometa,  from [[Latin]], from [[Greek]] komētēs, [[literally]], long-haired, from koman  to wear long hair, from komē hair

The [[word]] comet came to [[English]] by way of the [[Latin]] word cometes. This word, in turn, came from the [[Greek]] word κόμη, which means "hair of the head". The Greek scientist and philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle Aristotle]  first used the derived form of κόμη, κομήτης, to describe what he saw as "[[stars]] with hair." The [[astronomical]] [[symbol]] for comets is (☄), consisting of a small disc with three hairlike extensions.

The [[word]] comet came to [[English]] by way of the [[Latin]] word cometes. This word, in turn, came from the [[Greek]] word κόμη, which means "hair of the head". The Greek scientist and philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle Aristotle]  first used the derived form of κόμη, κομήτης, to describe what he saw as "[[stars]] with hair." The [[astronomical]] [[symbol]] for comets is (☄), consisting of a small disc with three hairlike extensions.