Etymograph

English

stelliform

Stelliform comes from Latin stella ‘star’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂stḗr1‘star’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stērlā1‘star’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstella2‘star’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstelliformis2
  5. Englishtodaystelliform2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin stella
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English stelliform

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂stḗrWiktionary, Latin stella‘star’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stērlāWiktionary, Latin stella‘star’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstellaWiktionary, English stelliform‘star’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstelliformisWiktionary, English stelliform
  5. EnglishtodaystelliformWiktionary, English stelliform

Formed from iform

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr ‘star’

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

through Latin stella ‘star’

constellation, 11 more

Today it means

adj Shaped like a star.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stelliform”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for 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 *h₂stḗr / stelliform

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