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Where does “Astarte” come from?

Astarte comes from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓στᾰ́ρτη, borrowed from Akkadian 𒀭𒈹.

Ancestry of “Astarte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAstarte—
2Ancient GreekἈστάρτη—
3Phoenician𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕—
4Proto-Semitic*ʕaṯtar-—
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯtar- →