Prodigy

/ˈprɑːdɪdʒi/ noun

A young person who has amazing and unusual talent or ability in something, such as music, math, or sports. It can also mean a remarkable or extraordinary thing.

From Latin *prodigium* meaning 'sign, omen, marvel'. It came into English through French, shifting from 'strange sign' to 'remarkable person'.

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