Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*h₂stḗr
5 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr, most common first.
- starAny small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.
- 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.
- EstherA female given name from Persian.
- constellationAn arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism.
- starnA star.