Where does “popster” come from?
popster (English) comes from Dutch ster, from French étoile, from Middle French estoile, from Old French estoile, from Latin stēla, from Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗr — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.
popster (English): A pop musician
Definitions
- A pop musician
Ancestry of “popster”, step by step
popster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch ster
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ster | star; any luminous astronomical or meteorological... |
| 2 | French | étoile | star; mullet; a white mark on the forehead of a... |
| 3 | Middle French | estoile | star |
| 4 | Old French | estoile | star |
| 5 | Latin | stēla | column, pillar |
| 6 | Latin | stēlla | a star; a constellation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stērolā | star |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂stḗr | star |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |
via Dutch pop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | pop | doll; cocoon, pupa; guilder |
| 2 | Dutch | groep | group; circuit in an electrical installation,... |
| 3 | French | groupe | group |
| 4 | Italian | gruppo | group, cluster, party, team, covey; pack; peloton |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | cruppo | — |
| 6 | Renaissance Latin | grupus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kruppaz | a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |