Etymology of the English word asteraceous
the English word
asteraceousderived from the English word
asterderived from the New Latin word
aster (star; plant; kind of Samian clay; star)
derived from the Greek word
aster, ἀστήρ (star; a star (as strown over the sky), literally or figuratively)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ster-using the English suffix
-aceousderived from the Latin suffix
-aceusUsage
Word found in Modern English
