English
Mojave-aster
From Mojave + aster.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr ‘star’
Proto-Hellenic *astḗr ‘star’
Ancient Greek ἀστήρ ‘a celestial body’
Latin astēr ‘Aster amellus’
English aster
Today it means
noun Xylorhiza tortifolia, a species of woodyaster plant.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mojave-aster