Produced from or originating in the sky or heavens.
From Latin coelum (sky) + -genous (produced from, origin). A scholarly adjective combining celestial terminology with the productive suffix -genous used in scientific nomenclature.
Medieval scholars used this word to describe things they believed came directly from the heavens—like meteors or comets—because they didn't fully understand astronomy yet.
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