myEtymology.com: English etymology of astrolabe

Etymology of the English word astrolabe

the English word astrolabe

derived from the Old French word astrelabe

derived from the Medieval Latin word astrolabium (astrolabe)

derived from the Greek word astrolabon

using the Greek prefix astro-

derived from the Greek word astron, ἄστρον (properly, a constellation; put for a single star (natural or artificial))

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-

derived from the Greek word lambanein, λαμβάνω

derived from the Byzantine Greek word astrolabion, ἀστρολάβιον

derived from the Byzantine Greek word astrolabos, ἀστρολάβος, ἀστρόλαβος

The earliest known usage of astrolabe in English dates from the 13th century.

Word found in Modern English