English
stardrive
From star + drive.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr ‘star’
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Proto-West Germanic *sternō
Proto-West Germanic *sterrō
Old English steorra ‘star’
Middle English sterre
English star
Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- ‘to drive’
Proto-Germanic *drībaną ‘to drive’
Proto-West Germanic *drīban ‘to drive’
Old English drīfan ‘to drive’
Middle English driven ‘to drive’
English drive
Today it means
noun A device used to propel a spacecraft through interstellar distances.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stardrive”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / stardrive