Star.
starling
Meaning & usage
starling
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German star, stare, from Old High German stara, staro, star, from Proto-West Germanic *star. Cognate with Middle Dutch sterre, Middle Low German stār(e), Old English stær, Old Norse stari, and further with Latin sturnus.
celebrity, star
Where this word comes from
19th century, from English star. Doublet of Aster and Stern.
cataract (an eye disease, leucoma)
Where this word comes from
16th-century backformation from now archaic starblind, staarblind, from Middle High German star(e)blint, from Old High German starablint (“blind or highly vision-impaired but having normal-looking eyes”). The meaning is interpreted as "blind with cloudy eyes." The first element is from *starēn (“to stare, gaze, be fixed upon”) and second element is from *blind (“blind”). Compare Middle Dutch staerblint, Old English stæreblind. Related with starren, English stare.
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