Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program. · To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program. · To mark with a star or asterisk. · To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Germanic *sternǭ Proto-West Germanic *sternō Proto-West Germanic *sterrō Old English steorra Middle English sterre English star From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra (“star”), from Proto-West Germanic *sterrō, variant of *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Doublet of aster; related to estoile, étoile, stella, and stelo. Cognates Cognate with Scots starn, ster (“star”), Yola starr, steor (“star”), Saterland Frisian Stiern (“star”), West Frisian stjer (“star”), Cimbrian stèrn (“star”), Dutch ster (“star”), German Stern (“star”), Luxembourgish Stär (“star”), Mòcheno stern (“star”), Vilamovian śtaom (“star”), Yiddish שטערן (shtern, “star”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål stjerne (“star”), Faroese stjørna (“star”), Gutnish stjännå (“star”), Icelandic stjarna (“star”), Norwegian Nynorsk skjødna, stjerne (“star”), Swedish stjärna (“star”), Crimean Gothic stein (“star”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō, “star”), French étoile (“star”), Istriot stila (“star”), Istro-Romanian ste (“star”), Italian stella (“star”), Megleno-Romanian steau̯ă (“star”), Mirandese streilha (“star”), Occitan estela (“star”), Portuguese estrela (“star”), Romansh staila (“star”), Romanian stea (“star”), Sardinian isteddu (“star”), Sicilian stidda (“star”), Spanish estrella (“star”), Venetan stéła (“star”), Walloon sitoele (“star”), Latin stēlla (“star”), Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”), Greek αστέρι (astéri, “star”), Old Armenian աստղ (astł, “star”), Persian ستاره (setâre, “star”), Tajik ситора (sitora, “star”), Pashto ستوری (storay, “star”), Mazanderani اساره (ëssâre, “star”), Northern Kurdish stêr (“star”), Central Kurdish ئەستێرە (estêre, “star”), Zazaki astare (“star”), Ossetian стъалы (st’aly, “star”), Hindi तारा (tārā, “star”), Urdu تارا (tārā, “star”), Punjabi ਤਾਰਾ (tārā, “star”), Gujarati તારો (tāro, “star”), Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”).
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- Root classification mention*h₂eHs-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsterreenm
- Inherited-form mentionsteorraang · star
- Inherited-form mention*sterrōgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*sternôgem-pro
- Derivation mention*h₂stḗrine-pro · star
- Doublet mentionasteren
- Cognate mentionstarnsco
- Cognate mentionstarryol
- Cognate mentionStiernstq · star
- Cognate mentionstjerfy · star
- Cognate mentionstèrncim · star
- Cognate mentionsternl · star
- Cognate mentionSternde · star
- Cognate mentionStärlb · star
- Cognate mentionsternmhn · star
- Cognate mentionśtaomwym · star
- Cognate mentionשטערןyi · star
- Cognate mentionstjørnafo · star
- Cognate mentionstjännågmq-gut · star
- Cognate mentionstjarnais · star
- Cognate mentionskjødnann
- Cognate mentionstjärnasv · star
- Cognate mentionsteingme-cgo · star
- Cognate mention𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉got · star
- Cognate mentionétoilefr · star
- Cognate mentionstilaist · star
- Cognate mentionsteruo · star
- Cognate mentionstellait · star
- Cognate mentionsteau̯ăruq · star
- Cognate mentionstreilhamwl · star
- Cognate mentionestelaoc · star
- Cognate mentionestrelapt · star
- Cognate mentionstailarm · star
- Cognate mentionstearo · star
- Cognate mentionisteddusc · star
- Cognate mentionstiddascn · star
- Cognate mentionestrellaes · star
- Cognate mentionstéłavec · star
- Cognate mentionsitoelewa · star
- Cognate mentionstēllala · star
- Cognate mentionἀστήρgrc · star
- Cognate mentionαστέριel · star
- Cognate mentionաստղxcl · star
- Cognate mentionستارهfa · star
- Cognate mentionситораtg · star
- Cognate mentionستوریps · star
- Cognate mentionاسارهmzn · star
- Cognate mentionstêrkmr · star
- Cognate mentionئەستێرەckb · star
- Cognate mentionastarezza · star
- Cognate mentionстъалыos · star
- Cognate mentionताराhi · star
- Cognate mentionتاراur · star
- Cognate mentionਤਾਰਾpa · star
- Cognate mentionતારોgu · star
- Cognate mentionताराsa · star
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"2": ":inh",
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{
"name": "inh",
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},
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{
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{
"name": "cog",
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},
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{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
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"2": "starr"
},
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},
{
"name": "cog",
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},
{
"name": "cog",
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},
{
"name": "cog",
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},
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},
{
"name": "cog",
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"1": "nl",
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},
"expansion": "Dutch ster (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
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"1": "de",
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},
"expansion": "German Stern (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
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"1": "lb",
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"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Luxembourgish Stär (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
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"1": "mhn",
"2": "stern",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Mòcheno stern (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "wym",
"2": "śtaom",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Vilamovian śtaom (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "yi",
"2": "שטערן",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Yiddish שטערן (shtern, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "da,nb",
"2": "stjerne",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Danish and Norwegian Bokmål stjerne (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "stjørna",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Faroese stjørna (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "gmq-gut",
"2": "stjännå",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Gutnish stjännå (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "stjarna",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic stjarna (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "skjødna"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk skjødna"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "stjärna",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Swedish stjärna (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "gme-cgo",
"2": "stein",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Crimean Gothic stein (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "étoile",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "French étoile (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "ist",
"2": "stila",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Istriot stila (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "ruo",
"2": "ste",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Istro-Romanian ste (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "stella",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Italian stella (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "ruq",
"2": "steau̯ă",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Megleno-Romanian steau̯ă (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "mwl",
"2": "streilha",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Mirandese streilha (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "estela",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Occitan estela (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "estrela",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese estrela (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "rm",
"2": "staila",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Romansh staila (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "stea",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Romanian stea (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "isteddu",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Sardinian isteddu (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "stidda",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian stidda (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "estrella",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Spanish estrella (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "vec",
"2": "stéła",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Venetan stéła (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "wa",
"2": "sitoele",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Walloon sitoele (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "stēlla",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Latin stēlla (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἀστήρ",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "αστέρι",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Greek αστέρι (astéri, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "աստղ",
"sc": "Armn",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian աստղ (astł, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ستاره",
"tr": "setâre",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Persian ستاره (setâre, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "tg",
"2": "ситора",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Tajik ситора (sitora, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "ps",
"2": "ستوری",
"tr": "storay",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Pashto ستوری (storay, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "mzn",
"2": "اساره",
"tr": "ëssâre",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Mazanderani اساره (ëssâre, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "kmr",
"2": "stêr",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Northern Kurdish stêr (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "ckb",
"2": "ئەستێرە",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Central Kurdish ئەستێرە (estêre, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "zza",
"2": "astare",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Zazaki astare (“star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "os",
"2": "стъалы",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Ossetian стъалы (st’aly, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "तारा",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Hindi तारा (tārā, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "تارا",
"tr": "tārā",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Urdu تارا (tārā, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਤਾਰਾ",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Punjabi ਤਾਰਾ (tārā, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "gu",
"2": "તારો",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Gujarati તારો (tāro, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "तारा",
"t": "star"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”)"
},
{
"name": "etymon",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "enm:sterre",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-\nProto-Indo-European *-tḗr\nProto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr\nProto-Germanic *sternǭ\nProto-West Germanic *sternō\nProto-West Germanic *sterrō\nOld English steorra\nMiddle English sterre\nEnglish star"
}
],
"links": [
[
"*h₂eHs-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eHs-#Proto-Indo-European:_to_be_dry,_to_burn"
],
[
"*-tḗr",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tḗr#Proto-Indo-European:_agent_noun"
],
[
"*h₂stḗr",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂stḗr"
],
[
"*sternǭ",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sternǭ"
],
[
"*sternō",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sternō"
],
[
"*sterrō",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sterrō"
],
[
"steorra",
"steorra#Old_English"
],
[
"sterre",
"sterre#Middle_English"
],
[
"sterre",
"sterre#Middle_English"
],
[
"steorra",
"steorra#Old_English"
],
[
"*sterrō",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sterrō"
],
[
"*sternō",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sternō"
],
[
"*sternô",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sternô"
],
[
"*sternǭ",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sternǭ"
],
[
"*h₂stḗr",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂stḗr"
],
[
"aster",
"aster#English"
],
[
"estoile",
"estoile#English"
],
[
"étoile",
"étoile#English"
],
[
"stella",
"stella#English"
],
[
"stelo",
"stelo#English"
],
[
"starn",
"starn#Scots"
],
[
"ster",
"ster#Scots"
],
[
"starr",
"starr#Yola"
],
[
"steor",
"steor#Yola"
],
[
"Stiern",
"Stiern#Saterland_Frisian"
],
[
"stjer",
"stjer#West_Frisian"
],
[
"stèrn",
"stèrn#Cimbrian"
],
[
"ster",
"ster#Dutch"
],
[
"Stern",
"Stern#German"
],
[
"Stär",
"Stär#Luxembourgish"
],
[
"stern",
"stern#Mòcheno"
],
[
"śtaom",
"śtaom#Vilamovian"
],
[
"שטערן",
"שטערן#Yiddish"
],
[
"Danish",
"stjerne#Danish"
],
[
"stjerne",
"stjerne#Norwegian_Bokmål"
],
[
"stjørna",
"stjørna#Faroese"
],
[
"stjännå",
"stjännå#Gutnish"
],
[
"stjarna",
"stjarna#Icelandic"
],
[
"skjødna",
"skjødna#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
],
[
"stjerne",
"stjerne#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
],
[
"stjärna",
"stjärna#Swedish"
],
[
"stein",
"stein#Crimean_Gothic"
],
[
"𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉",
"𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉#Gothic"
],
[
"étoile",
"étoile#French"
],
[
"stila",
"stila#Istriot"
],
[
"ste",
"ste#Istro-Romanian"
],
[
"stella",
"stella#Italian"
],
[
"steau̯ă",
"steau̯ă#Megleno-Romanian"
],
[
"streilha",
"streilha#Mirandese"
],
[
"estela",
"estela#Occitan"
],
[
"estrela",
"estrela#Portuguese"
],
[
"staila",
"staila#Romansh"
],
[
"stea",
"stea#Romanian"
],
[
"isteddu",
"isteddu#Sardinian"
],
[
"stidda",
"stidda#Sicilian"
],
[
"estrella",
"estrella#Spanish"
],
[
"stéła",
"stéła#Venetan"
],
[
"sitoele",
"sitoele#Walloon"
],
[
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],
[
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],
[
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],
[
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],
[
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"стъалы#Ossetian"
],
[
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],
[
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],
[
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],
[
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],
[
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