English
aster
Aster comes from Latin astēr ‘Aster amellus’, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ ‘a celestial body’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr ‘star’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂stḗr‘star’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*astḗr‘star’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀστήρastḗr‘a celestial body’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEastēr‘Aster amellus’
- Englishearliest quotation 1969aster
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂stḗr‘star’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*astḗr‘star’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀστήρastḗr‘a celestial body’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEastēr‘Aster amellus’
- Englishearliest quotation 1969aster
Earliest quotation: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle: “On a sunny September morning, with the trees still…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁s- ‘to burn, glow’
constellation, stellate, 21 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr ‘star’
star, sterling, stellar, stella, 27 more
through Ancient Greek ἀστήρ ‘a celestial body’
Today it means
noun Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr / aster