star

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A bright point of light seen in the night sky.

   We lay on the grass and watched the stars.

2. 2
   noun

   A very famous and successful performer or sports player.

   Many Hollywood stars attended the party.

3. 3
   noun

   A shape with five or more points, like a simple drawing of a star.

   The teacher drew a gold star on her homework.

4. 4
   verb

   To have the main role in a film, play, or show.

   She starred in dozens of silent movies.

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Simplified etymology

Star is an Old English word. From the late 18th century it was also used for a famous or talented entertainer.

From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra (“star”), from Proto-West Germanic *sterrō, variant of *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Doublet of aster; related to estoile, étoile, stella, and stelo. Cognates Cognate with Scots starn, ster (“star”), Yola starr, steor (“star”), Saterland Frisian Stiern (“star”), West Frisian stjer (“star”), Cimbrian stèrn (“star”), Dutch ster (“star”), German Stern (“star”), Luxembourgish Stär (“star”), Mòcheno stern (“star”), Vilamovian śtaom (“star”), Yiddish שטערן (shtern, “star”), Danis…

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