astro-
English
prefix
Definitions
- celestial celestial bodies: fixed stars, wandering stars (planets), etc.; astronomy
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (star, celestial body, a star).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἄστρον
Gloss
star, celestial body, a star
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
星
Emoji
✨ ⭐️ 🌃 🌞 🌟 🌠 👨🎤 👩🎤 💫 🤩 🧑🎤 🌝 🔭
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- astroid English
- astronaut English
- astrum Latin
- astrōsus Latin
- astro- Dutch, Flemish
- ἀστρολάβος Ancient Greek
- ἀστρολογία Ancient Greek
- ἀστρονομία Ancient Greek
- ἄστρον Ancient Greek
- *h₂stḗr Proto-Indo-European
- astro- Norwegian Bokmål
- astro- Norwegian Nynorsk
- astro- Czech
- άστρο Greek (modern)
- אַסטראָנויט Yiddish