myEtymology.com: Greek etymology of astrolabon

Etymology of the Greek word astrolabon

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