English Explanatory Dictionary

hetegony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The study of the origin of the planets in the solar system.

Word forms

hetegony

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔτης (étēs, “clansman”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”), plus -gony. See also ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, “companion”). Probably invented by Hannes Alfvén.https://web.archive.org/web/20170401121945/http://worldwidewords.org/nl/lumr.htm

Related words

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