English

starmaking

From star + making.

A compound of star + making

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

Old English macung

Middle English making

Today it means

noun The process of turning somebody into a famous and successful entertainer.

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

Etymograph / starmaking