English

Starcross

Surface analysis star + cross.

A compound of star + cross

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr ‘star’

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Proto-West Germanic *sternō

Proto-West Germanic *sterrō

Old English steorra ‘star’

Middle English sterre

English star

Latin crux ‘cross, gallows’

Old Irish cros

Old Norse kross

Old English cros ‘rood, cross’

Middle English cross ‘a cross’

English cross

Today it means

name A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9781).

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

Etymograph / Starcross