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stellar
Stellar comes from Latin stēllāris ‘of or pertaining to a star’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- ‘to be dry, to dry’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eHs-‘to be dry, to dry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂stḗr‘star’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stērlā‘star’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstēlla‘a star’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstēllāris‘of or pertaining to a star’
- Englishearliest quotation 1931stellar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eHs-‘to be dry, to dry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂stḗr‘star’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stērlā‘star’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstēlla‘a star’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstēllāris‘of or pertaining to a star’
- Englishearliest quotation 1931stellar
Earliest quotation: 1931, Music and Dance, Melbourne: “Some years ago there were hundreds of musicians of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- ‘to be dry, to dry’
are, ash, arent, arson, arid, ardent, azalea, ashy, ashen, areal, ardor, 6 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr ‘star’
star, disaster, sterling, asteroid, astral, asterisk, aster, 24 more
through Latin stēlla ‘a star’
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- / stellar