Where does “astronome” come from?
astronome (Romanian) comes from Romanian astronomă, from Romanian astronom, from Latin astronomus, from Ancient Greek ἀστρονόμος, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ, from Ancient Greek καταστερίζω, from Ancient Greek κατά, from Ancient Greek οὐρέω — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
astronome (Romanian): plural of astronomă
Ancestry of “astronome”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | astronomă | female equivalent of astronom |
| 2 | Romanian | astronom | astronomer |
| 3 | Latin | astronomus | an astronomer |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀστρονόμος | astronomer |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀστήρ | a celestial body; illustrious person; starfish |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | καταστερίζω | to place among the stars; I put among the stars |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κατά | |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | οὐρέω | I make water, urinate; I pass with the water; I... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |