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Where does “starifier” come from?

starifier (French) comes from French star, from English star, from Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra, from Proto-West Germanic sterrō, from Proto-Germanic sternô, from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs- — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.

starifier (French): to make into a star

Definitions

  1. to make into a star

Ancestry of “starifier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchstarstar
2EnglishstarAny small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless...
3Middle Englishsterrestar
4Old Englishsteorrastar
5Proto-West Germanicsterrō—
6Proto-Germanicsternô—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂stḗrstar
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth
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