Etymology

megastar

M3E1G2A1S1T1A1R1

Today it means: A very famous or successful celebrity. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mégas
  3. Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
  4. Englishmega-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂stḗr
  7. Proto-Germanic*sternǭ
  8. Proto-West Germanic*sternō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*sterrō
  10. Old Englishsteorra
  11. Middle Englishsterre
  12. Englishstar
  13. English todaymegastar

From mega- + star.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.