cosmo
Greekworld, universe, order
Variants:cosmocosmos
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From Greek kosmos (world, universe, order, ornament). The Greeks saw the universe as an ordered, beautiful whole — hence kosmos meant both 'world' and 'decoration'. Cosmic (of the universe), cosmopolitan (citizen of the world), and cosmos (the universe as ordered system) all derive from this. Cosmetics (from the same root) originally meant 'the art of adorning/ordering'.
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