Where does “アスタリスク” come from?

アスタリスク (Japanese) comes from English asterisk, from Middle English asterisk.

アスタリスク (Japanese): an asterisk

Definitions

  1. an asterisk

Ancestry of “アスタリスク”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishasteriskThe symbol *; Something in the shape of or...
2Middle Englishasterisk—
Every word from Middle English asterisk →Every word from English asterisk →
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