The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄστρον“a star”
- English todayastroid
From Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “a star”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄστρον all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.