Etymology

bistar

B3I1S1T1A1R1

Today it means: binary star Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂stḗr
  8. Proto-Germanic*sternǭ
  9. Proto-West Germanic*sternō
  10. Proto-West Germanic*sterrō
  11. Old Englishsteorra
  12. Middle Englishsterre
  13. Englishstar
  14. English todaybistar

From bi- + star.

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