Etymology

nonstar

N1O1N1S1T1A1R1

Today it means: Someone who is not a star Full definition →

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

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂stḗr
  4. Proto-Germanic*sternǭ
  5. Proto-West Germanic*sternō
  6. Proto-West Germanic*sterrō
  7. Old Englishsteorra
  8. Middle Englishsterre
  9. Englishstar
  10. English todaynonstar

From non- + star.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.