English

icesteroid

Blend of ice + asteroid

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- ‘ice’

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Proto-Germanic *īsą

Proto-West Germanic *īs

Old English īs

Middle English hyse

English ice

Ancient Greek ἀστεροειδής ‘starlike’

Today it means

noun —

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

Etymograph / icesteroid