Etymology

Lang-Exster

Lang-Ex·ster

Today it means: The star α Tucanae in the constellation Tucana. Full definition →

Dutch exster ← Middle Dutch egestre ← Old Dutch *agastra
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The story

  1. Malaylang
  2. Proto-West Germanic*agastrijā
  3. Old Dutch*agastra
  4. Middle Dutchegestre
  5. Dutchexster
  6. English todayLang-Exster

Unadapted borrowing from Translingual Lang-Exster.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.