astro-

prefix

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- From Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “celestial body”).

  1. derived from ἄστρον

Definitions

  1. celestial bodies

    celestial bodies: fixed stars, wandering stars (planets), etc.; space; astronomy

  2. stars

    • astro- + centric → astrocentric

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for astro-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA