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cosmo-

prefix · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

prefix

Meaning 1

universe, world

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

prefix

Meaning 2

cosmic rays

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-? Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-der. Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos)der. English cosmo- Derived from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”), from Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-, possibly from *ḱem-.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Albanian: kozmo- — universe, world
  • Aragonese: cosmo- — universe, world
  • Armenian: կոսմո- (kosmo-) — universe, world
  • Asturian: cosmo- — universe, world
  • Azerbaijani: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Basque: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Belarusian: касма- (kasma-) — universe, world
  • Bulgarian: космо- (kosmo-) — universe, world
  • Catalan: cosmo- — universe, world
  • Czech: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Danish: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Dutch: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Esperanto: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Estonian: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Finnish: kosmo- — universe, world
  • French: cosmo- — universe, world
  • Galician: cosmo- — universe, world
  • Georgian: კოსმო- (ḳosmo-) — universe, world
  • German: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Greek: κοσμο- (kosmo-) — universe, world
  • Hebrew: קוסמו־ (kosmo-) — universe, world
  • Hungarian: kozmo- — universe, world
  • Ido: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Indonesian: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Interlingua: cosmo- — universe, world
  • Italian: cosmo- — universe, world
  • Kazakh: космо- (kosmo-) — universe, world
  • Northern Kurdish: kozmo- — universe, world
  • Kyrgyz: космо- (kosmo-) — universe, world
  • Latin: cosmo- — universe, world
  • Latvian: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Lithuanian: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Macedonian: космо- (kosmo-) — universe, world
  • Maltese: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Norman: cosmo- — universe, world
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Occitan: cosmo- — universe, world
  • Persian: کیهان (keyhân-) — universe, world
  • Polish: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Portuguese: cosmo- — universe, world
  • Romanian: cosmo- — universe, world
  • Romanian: космо- (cosmo-) — universe, world
  • Russian: космо- (kosmo-) — universe, world
  • Serbo-Croatian: космо- — universe, world
  • Serbo-Croatian: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Slovak: kozmo- — universe, world
  • Slovene: kozmo- — universe, world
  • Spanish: cosmo- — universe, world
  • Swedish: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Tagalog: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Turkish: kozmo- — universe, world
  • Turkmen: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Ukrainian: космо- (kosmo-) — universe, world
  • Uzbek: kosmo- — universe, world
  • Yiddish: קאָסמאָ־ (kosmo-) — universe, world