Proto-Indo-European

*h₂stḗr

‘star’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

33 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr, most familiar first.

• star ← sterre ← steorra ← *sterrō ← *sternō
• disaster ← desastre ← disastro ← astro ← astrum
• sterling ← *steorling ← steorra ← *sterrō ← *sternǭ
• stellar ← stēllāris ← stēlla ← *stērlā
• stella ← *stērlā
• asteroid ← ἀστεροειδής ← ἀστήρ ← *astḗr
• constellation ← constellacioun ← cōnstēllātiōnem ← cōnstēllātiō ← stēlla
• astral ← astrālis ← astrum ← ἄστρον ← ἀστήρ
• asterisk ← asteriscus ← ἀστερῐ́σκος ← ᾰ̓στήρ ← *astḗr
• aster ← ἀστήρ
• stellate ← stēllātus ← stēlla ← *stērlā
• asterism ← ἀστερισμός ← ἀστήρ ← *astḗr

More words from *h₂stḗr

• asterion
• starn
• sporades
• diaster
• stellated
• apastron
• asteriscus
• astroite
• astraean
• asteronym
• astrite
• astroit
• astrion
• estoile
• stelo
• stelliform
• steloj
• stellionate
• stellular
• stellerid
• stellion

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr