English
stellate
Stellate comes from Latin stēllātus ‘starry’, from stēlla ‘star’, and ultimately from 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‘star’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstēllātus‘starry’
- Englishearliest quotation 1998stellate
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‘star’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstēllātus‘starry’
- Englishearliest quotation 1998stellate
Earliest quotation: 1998, Vincent J. M. Di Maio, Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms: “Exit wounds can be stellate, slit-like, crescent, circular, or…”
Formed from stella + -ate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr ‘star’
star, disaster, sterling, asteroid, astral, asterisk, aster, 24 more
through Latin stēlla ‘star’
Today it means
adj Shaped like a star, having points, or rays radiating from a center.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr / stellate