Etymology · Ancient Greek
ἄστρον
6 English words descend from Ancient Greek ἄστρον, most common first.
- disasterAn unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
- astronautA member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
- astralRelating to or resembling the stars; starry.
- astro-celestial bodies: fixed stars, wandering stars (planets), etc.; space; astronomy
- astrognosyKnowledge of the stars, especially the fixed stars; the branch of astronomy dealing with the fixed stars.
- astroidA hypocycloid with four cusps.