Meteor: a shooting star; a space rock passing into Earth’s atmosphere, appearing as a bright light in the sky.
From Greek μετέωρον (the thing high up). Mετέωρον further derives from μετα (among, between, over) and ἀείρω (to lift, to rise up).
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