Astro etymology

Italian

Italian word astro comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-, Translingual Spanish, Ancient Greek νοῦμμος, and later Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (Star.)

Etymology of astro

Detailed word origin of astro

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European (ine) hearth; ash
Spanish Translingual (mul)
νοῦμμος Ancient Greek (grc)
*h₂stḗr Proto-Indo-European (ine) Star.
botanist Translingual (mul)
*astḗr Proto-Hellenic (grk-pro) Star.
ἀστήρ Ancient Greek (grc)
ἄστρον Ancient Greek (grc)
astrum Latin (lat) (poetic) a star.
astro Italian (it) (astronomy) celestial body, star. (figuratively) A person exceptionally talented or famous in a specific field; star.

Words with the same origin as astro

Descendants of *h₂eHs-

disastro