stellify

The story

1. Latin · derived fromstella“star”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromstellificāre
3. Middle French · derived fromstellifier
4. Middle English · inherited fromstellifien“to make into a star; glorify, deify”
5. English todaystellify

From Middle English stellifien (“to make into a star; glorify, deify”), from Middle French stellifier, from Medieval Latin stellificāre, itself from Latin stella (“star”) + faciō (“make, do”).

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