Where does “Alpheratz” come from?

Alpheratz (English) comes from Arabic سُرَّةُ الْفَرَس, from Arabic سُرَّة — navel.

Alpheratz (English): A spectroscopic binary, visible as a second-magnitude blue-white star marking the head of the chained woman in the northern constellation of Andromeda (formerly seen as part of Pegasus), one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus

Definitions

  1. A spectroscopic binary, visible as a second-magnitude blue-white star marking the head of the chained woman in the northern constellation of Andromeda (formerly seen as part of Pegasus), one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus

Ancestry of “Alpheratz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicسُرَّةُ الْفَرَسthe horse's navel
2Arabicسُرَّةnavel
Every word from Arabic سُرَّة →Every word from Arabic سُرَّةُ الْفَرَس →