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Estelle
Estelle comes from Occitan estela ‘star’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂stḗr‘star’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stērlā‘star’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstēlla‘a star’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEstēla
- Occitanc. 1500–presentestela‘star’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentEstelle
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂stḗr‘star’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stērlā‘star’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstēlla‘a star’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEstēla
- Occitanc. 1500–presentestela‘star’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentEstelle
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr ‘star’
star, disaster, sterling, asteroid, astral, asterisk, aster, 22 more
through Proto-Italic *stērlā ‘star’
constellation, stellate, 9 more
through Latin stēlla ‘a star’
Today it means
name A female given name from French
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr / Estelle