meteorito
/meteoˈɾito/ · B2 · noun · m
meteorite
☄️🪨 meteorito = meteoro (sky streak) + -ito, the little rock that lands
From Greek meteōros, 'high in the air'. Spanish meteoro is the streak of light in the sky; meteorito is the piece of rock that survives the fall and reaches the ground. The ending -ito here is just the standard noun suffix, not 'little'.