English
starfall
From star + fall.
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 *h₃elh₁- ‘to collapse’
Proto-Germanic *fallaną ‘to fall’
Proto-West Germanic *fallan ‘to fall’
Old English feallan ‘to fall’
Middle English fallen ‘to fall’
English fall
Today it means
noun A great number of stars descending downward within outer space or the atmosphere; a meteor shower.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “starfall”. 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.
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