Trivia: “Cosmetic” comes from the Greek root “kosmos,” meaning what?
Paint
Ornament
Beautiful
Jewel
The correct answer is Ornament
So why is this answer correct? : In Greek, “kosmos” means “order” or “ornament,” and is the root of the Greek word “kosmetike,” meaning “the art of dress and ornament.” The word “cosmetics” was adopted into English at the beginning of the 17th century to describe “the art of beautifying, art of anointing, or decorating the human body.”