Etymograph

English

stellerid

Stellerid comes from Latin stella ‘a star’, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁s- ‘to burn, glow’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eh₁s-1‘to burn, glow’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂stḗr2‘star’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stērlā2‘star’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstella3‘a star’
  5. Englishtodaystellerid3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin stella
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English stellerid

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eh₁s-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr‘to burn, glow’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂stḗrWiktionary, Latin stella‘star’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stērlāWiktionary, Latin stella‘star’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstellaWiktionary, English stellerid‘a star’
  5. EnglishtodaystelleridWiktionary, English stellerid

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr ‘star’

star, disaster, sterling, astral, asteroid, asterisk, aster, 24 more

through Latin stella ‘a star’

constellation, 11 more

Today it means

noun A starfish.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stellerid”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr, Latin stella. 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 / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁s- / stellerid

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