myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of astro

1. Etymology of the Italian word astro

the Italian word astro

derived from the Classical Latin word astrum (star, heavenly body, planet)

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-

Danish stjerne, Dutch ster, English star, French astre, German Stern, German Sterke, Gothic stairno, Icelandic stjarna, Nynorsk sjödna, Riksmal stjerne, Spanish astro, Swedish stjerna, Swedish stiärna

derived from the Italian word astro

derived 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-