Etymology

astar

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Today it means: Covered with bright or sparkling objects. Full definition →

English star ← Middle English sterre ← Old English steorra
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  2. Proto-Germanic*an
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ana
  4. Old Englishon
  5. Middle Englishan
  6. Middle Englisha-
  7. Englisha-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂stḗr
  10. Proto-Germanic*sternǭ
  11. Proto-West Germanic*sternō
  12. Proto-West Germanic*sterrō
  13. Old Englishsteorra
  14. Middle Englishsterre
  15. Englishstar
  16. English todayastar

From a- + star.

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