Etymology

superstar

S1U1P3E1R1S1T1A1R1

Today it means: Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂stḗr
  9. Proto-Germanic*sternǭ
  10. Proto-West Germanic*sternō
  11. Proto-West Germanic*sterrō
  12. Old Englishsteorra
  13. Middle Englishsterre
  14. Englishstar
  15. English todaysuperstar

From super- + star.

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