cosmo-

See also: cosmo and Cosmo

English

Alternative forms

• cosm-

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-.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

cosmo-

1. universe, world
2. cosmic rays

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with cosmo-

cosmobiologist

cosmobiology

cosmocentric

cosmochemical

cosmochemist

cosmochemistry

cosmochronological

cosmochronology

cosmochronometer

cosmochronometric

cosmochronometry

cosmocide

cosmoclimatology

cosmocracy

cosmocrat

cosmocratic

cosmodrome

cosmecology

cosmogenesis

cosmogenic

cosmogenous

cosmogony

cosmogram

cosmographer

cosmography

cosmokinematic

cosmokinematics

cosmolatry

cosmology

cosmometry

cosmonaut

cosmonuclide

cosmoparticle

cosmopathic

cosmophenomenological

cosmophobia

cosmophysiology

cosmopod

cosmopoietic

cosmopolis

cosmopolitics

cosmoport

cosmorama

cosmosophy

cosmosphere

cosmotheism

cosmotheist

cosmotron

cosmovision

cosmozoa

• cosmopolitan
• cosmopolite

Translations

universe, world

• Afrikaans: kosmo-
• Albanian: kozmo-
• Aragonese: cosmo-
• Armenian: կոսմո- (kosmo-)
• Asturian: cosmo-
• Azerbaijani: kosmo-
• Basque: kosmo- (eu)
• Belarusian: касма- (kasma-)
• Bulgarian: космо- (kosmo-)
• Catalan: cosmo-
• Czech: kosmo- (cs)
• Danish: kosmo-
• Dutch: kosmo-
• Esperanto: kosmo-
• Estonian: kosmo-
• Finnish: kosmo-
• French: cosmo- (fr)
• Galician: cosmo-
• Georgian: კოსმო- (ḳosmo-)
• German: kosmo- (de)
• Greek: κοσμο- (kosmo-)
• Hebrew: קוסמו־ (kosmo-)
• Hungarian: kozmo-
• Ido: kosmo-
• Indonesian: kosmo-
• Interlingua: cosmo-
• Italian: cosmo-
• Kazakh: космо- (kosmo-)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: kozmo-

• Kyrgyz: космо- (kosmo-)
• Latin: cosmo-
• Latvian: kosmo-
• Lithuanian: kosmo-
• Macedonian: космо- (kosmo-)
• Maltese: kosmo-
• Norman: cosmo-
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kosmo-

  Nynorsk: kosmo-

• Occitan: cosmo-
• Persian: کیهان (fa) (keyhân-)
• Polish: kosmo- (pl)
• Portuguese: cosmo-
• Romanian: cosmo-

  Cyrillic: космо- (cosmo-)

• Russian: космо- (kosmo-)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: космо-

  Latin: kosmo-

• Slovak: kozmo-
• Slovene: kozmo-
• Spanish: cosmo-
• Swedish: kosmo-
• Tagalog: kosmo-
• Turkish: kozmo-
• Turkmen: kosmo-
• Ukrainian: космо- (kosmo-)
• Uzbek: kosmo-
• Yiddish: קאָסמאָ־ (kosmo-)

Anagrams

• COMOs, MOOCs, Mosco, SOCOM, ScoMo, Scomo, cooms, mocos

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”).

Prefix

cosmo-

1. cosmo-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with cosmo-

cosmòleg

cosmologia

cosmoquímica

Further reading

• “cosmo-”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cosmo-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “cosmo-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

French

Etymology

From cosmos, from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔs.mo/

Prefix

cosmo-

1. cosmo-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with cosmo-

cosmochimie

cosmochimiste

cosmographie

cosmologie

cosmonaute

cosmonucléide

Further reading

• “cosmo-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”).

Prefix

cosmo-

1. cosmo-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with cosmo-

cosmobiologia

cosmochimica

cosmodromo

cosmogonia

cosmografa

cosmografia

cosmografo

cosmolabio

cosmologia

cosmologo

cosmonauta

cosmonautica

cosmonautico

cosmonave

cosmonavigazione

cosmopoli

cosmopolitico

cosmorama

Anagrams

• Mosco, mosco

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cos‧mo-

Prefix

cosmo-

1. cosmo-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with cosmo-

cosmódromo

cosmólogo

cosmonauta

cosmópole

cosmópolis

cosmoquímica

cosmovisão

Related terms

• cosmos

Further reading

• “cosm(o)-”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cosmo-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”).

Prefix

cosmo-

1. cosmo-

Derived terms

Romanian terms prefixed with cosmo-

cosmobiologie

cosmocrație

cosmoeconomie

cosmogenie

cosmogonie

cosmografie

cosmolog

cosmologie

cosmonaut

cosmonavă

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”).

Prefix

cosmo-

1. cosmo-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with cosmo-

cosmódromo

cosmonauta

cosmonave

cosmoquímica

Further reading

• “cosmo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025