Etymograph

English

Schedar

Schedar comes from Arabic صَدْر ‘breast, chest’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentصَدْرṣadr‘breast, chest’
  2. EnglishtodaySchedar

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentصَدْرṣadr‘breast, chest’
  2. EnglishtodaySchedar

Today it means

name A red giant, visible as a second-magnitude orange star marking the breast of the figure in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, a part of the constellation's prominent W asterism, used for celestial navigation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic صَدْر / Schedar