myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of asterisk

Etymology of the Latin word asterisk

the Late Latin word asterisk

derived from the Greek word asteriskos, ἀστερίσκος

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-

Word found in Late Latin