myEtymology.com: Romanian etymology of astronomie

Etymology of the Romanian word astronomie

the Romanian word astronomie

derived from the Old French word astronomie

derived from the Late Latin word astronomia (astronomy, science of heavenly bodies)

derived from the Greek word astronomia, ἀστρονομία

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-

using the Greek suffix -nomia, -νομία

derived from the Greek word nomos, νόμος (law; name; law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle))

derived from the Greek word nemein, νέμω

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nem-

Cognates

Dutch astronomie, English astronomy, French astronomie, German Astronomie, Norwegian astronomi, Swedish astronomi