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Elements of the Universe: Cosm, Cosmo ("Universe") - Vocabulary List | Vocabulary.com
The ancients believed that the universe was composed of five basic elements: earth, air, fire, water, and sky. The Greek and Latin words for these elements still show up in our language today. Learn these words that come from the Greek word kosmos (Latinized as cosmos), meaning "universe."
Etymonline
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Cosmos - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
1640s, "pertaining to beauty, improving beauty," from French cosmétique (16c.), from Latinized form of Greek kosmetikos "skilled in adornment or arrangement," from kosmein "to arrange, adorn," from kosmos "order; ornament" (see cosmos).
New World Encyclopedia
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Definition:Cosmos - New World Encyclopedia
From the genus name Cosmos, from Ancient Greek κόσμος or kósmos (order).
WordReference
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Oxford English Dictionary
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cosmos, n.² meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun cosmos is in the late 1500s.
orderly or harmonious system
Wikipedia
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Cosmos - Wikipedia
September 25, 2025 - Ancient Indian beliefs also included the belief that the Earth was created after certain stars, these stars include the Sun, Gemini, Aja, and Kurma. Evidence from the Etymological considerations prove this belief and also points towards the discovery of the twin asses, which in western astrology ...
Encyclopedia Britannica
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Cosmos | Stars, Galaxies, Nebulae | Britannica
3 days ago - Cosmos, in astronomy, the entire physical universe considered as a unified whole (from the Greek kosmos, meaning “order,” “harmony,” and “the world”). Humanity’s growing understanding of all the objects and phenomena within the ...
Wiktionary
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cosmos - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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);[3] see further at etymology 1.
Oxford Reference
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Cosmos - Oxford Reference
The universe seen as a well-ordered whole; from the Greek word kosmos ‘order, ornament, world, or universe’, so called by Pythagoras or his disciples from their view of its perfect order and arrangement.
Medium
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From Cosmos to Cosmetics. From Anarcheologos | by SR Hardy | Medium
July 3, 2019 - The deeper meaning of cosmos is only apparent when you look up the origin of the word and discover that it came to English from Greek, where it had the connotation of “order,” of something that is arranged, or even an “adornment.” This ...
ALTA Language Services
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Etymology of the Cosmos | ALTA Language Services
August 25, 2017 - Cosmos: In usage since ancient times, this word of Greek origin originally meant “order” and “arrangement.” From this broad category, we derive the Russian cosmonaut, literally meaning “space sailor”, as well as the word cosmetic, ...
Wikipedia
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Cosmology - Wikipedia
2 weeks ago - Cosmology (from Ancient Greek κόσμος (cosmos) 'the universe, the world' and λογία (logia) 'study of') is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe, the cosmos.
Merriam-Webster
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COSMOS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1 week ago - Cosmos often simply means "universe". But the word is generally used to suggest an orderly or harmonious universe, as it was originally used by Pythagoras in the 6th century B.C. Thus, a religious mystic may help put us in touch with the cosmos, ...
Cambridge Core
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Introduction - Cosmos in the Ancient World
It also traces the biref history of 'cosmos' from its first appearance in the English language, in the twelfth-century poetic commentary on the Bible, Ormulum.
Behind the Name
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Meaning, origin and history of the name Cosmo - Behind the Name
The meaning, origin and history of the given name Cosmo
Etymonline
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Cosmo- - Etymology & Meaning of the Prefix
before a vowel cosm-, word-forming element from Latinized form of Greek kosmos (see cosmos). In older use, "the world, the universe;" since 1950s, especially of outer space.
Buenospanish
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Cosmos Etymology for Spanish Learners
The Spanish word 'cosmos' comes from Latin 'cosmos', which was borrowed from Ancient Greek 'κόσμος' (kosmos), meaning 'order, universe, ornament'. The Greek word 'κόσμος' itself was related to the verb 'κοσμέω' (kosmeo) meaning 'to order or arrange'. This etymology reflects ...
Consensus
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Origin Of Cosmos - Consensus Academic Search Engine
The term "cosmos" itself originates from the Greek word "kósmos," meaning "order" . In Plato's dialogue "Gorgias," Socrates explains that the wise named the universe "cosmos" to signify order rather than disorder .
Reddit
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r/AcademicBiblical on Reddit: Why does the Greek word Kosmos mean world/worldly and adornment?
October 5, 2019 -
My apologies if I could articulate this better. Some people believe it is sinful to wear jewelry based on verses like 1 Peter 3:3-4. To me, for years I took it as moderation, a women’s beauty should first come from a godly character, and outward adornment is ok but should be used modestly.
However, while digging deeper, I noticed the Greek word for adornment in that passage is Kosmos, which in other places means world/worldly. Kosmos is also the word from which we get “cosmetics” from.
Pardon me for being new to this, but since they are the same word, does this mean adornment is worldly? If so how would we decipher what is acceptable clothing and not?
Thank you for your time!
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Kosmos comes from a verb komizo which means "to take care of" or "to tend." Kosmos is primarily defined as "an orderly arrangement" of which the stars and planet were perceived as an example. I think a good English equivalent might be something like "design." which can refer to the Grand Design or to hair and makeup.
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It is normal and expected that words will have more than one usage or even more than one meaning, and how these are the same word can be quite confusing to a non-native speaker. For a similarly fashion-based example, see how in English “suit” can mean “appropriate”, or refer to a type of card, or to men’s dress clothes. It all seems quite normal to someone very familiar to a language, but might seem chaotic and absurd to someone not. In regards to κόσμος in particular, the base meaning is related to order (I’m sure Greek scholars can point to better sources, but see Strong’s Concordance 2889 for a simple source readily available to everyone, or Thayer’s for an equally readily available, but much more thorough breakdown), and is often parsed without context as “something ordered”. It makes a little more sense to us outsiders then, that it should be translated as both “world” (since the world could be thought of as an ordered system of sorts) and “adorned” (as in “put into order”, after a way). Thayers seems to imply that the latter is actually the older and more basic meaning, but it’s not surprising that the former would be more common in the New Testament, It’s an easy trap to fall into to assume that a word translated one way in place should be translated that way elsewhere, but that’s not how languages work. There is very rarely a direct, perfect one-to-one correspondence that works for all meanings, usages, and contexts. I’d also keep in mind that the controversy over a single word doesn’t necessarily change the general meaning of an entire passage. Even if it were better read as “worldly garments” than as “adorned garments”, or even if “κόσμος” were missing entirely, that wouldn’t impact the appropriateness of your interpretation either way, in the context as a whole.
North Carolina Extension Gardener
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Cosmos (Cosmos) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
Cosmos is a genus of about 35 hardy annuals and perennials that are native to North and South America in the daisy family (Asteraceae). The Genus name is from the Greek meaning ordered, referring to the neat arrangement of the flower petals.