English
stella
Stella comes from Latin stēlla ‘a star’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂stḗr‘star’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stērlā‘star’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstēlla‘a star’
- Englishearliest quotation 1939stella
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂stḗr‘star’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stērlā‘star’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstēlla‘a star’
- Englishearliest quotation 1939stella
Earliest quotation: 1939, Reed C. Rollins, Studies in the Genus Lesquerella: “Plants of this collection are several decimeters taller; the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr ‘star’
star, disaster, sterling, asteroid, astral, asterisk, aster, 24 more
through Latin stēlla ‘a star’
Today it means
noun A star-shaped structure.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr / stella