Asterisk etymology in English

English word asterisk comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-, Translingual Spanish, and later Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (Star.)

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
*h₂eHs-	Proto-Indo-European (ine)	hearth; ash
Spanish	Translingual (mul)
*h₂stḗr	Proto-Indo-European (ine)	Star.
botanist	Translingual (mul)
*astḗr	Proto-Hellenic (grk-pro)	Star.
ἀστήρ	Ancient Greek (grc)
ἀστερίσκος	Ancient Greek (grc)
asteriscus	Late Latin (LL)
asterisk	English (en)	(biology) Alternate of Asteriscus.. (sports, US) A blemish in an otherwise outstanding achievement.. Symbol (). To mark with an asterisk symbol ().

Asterisk etymology