English

epistellar

From epi- + stellar.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- ‘to be dry, to dry’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr ‘star’

Proto-Italic *stērlā ‘star’

Latin stēlla ‘a star’

Latin stēllāris ‘of or pertaining to a star’

Today it means

adj Of a gas giant: having a close orbit to its parent star

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

Etymograph / epistellar