ΟΣΤΑΡΙΟΝ, meaning: small bone. ΟΣΤΟΝ or ΟΣΤΟΥΝ = bone. Later forms: ΑΣΤΗΡ (pronounced: aster), or ΑΣΤΡΟΝ (pronounced: astron)
The Greeks in ancient times were using the ankle-bone as a fortunetelling device, just like in contemporary times some people make use of the dice as fortunetelling devices. The ankle-bones were the primitive dice.
Disaster was the word for "a bad omen".
The Latin root for "star" is "stella." This makes sense when you see how the root is used in the English language, in words such as "constellation."
It comes from an Indo-European root that was the source of both the Latin "stella" and Greek "aster."
The Greek root meaning for star is "astr."
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The Greek root of "disaster" is "dis-" which means "apart" or "away." Combined with the Latin root "astrum" meaning "star," the word translates to "bad star," reflecting the belief in ancient times that misfortune was caused by the influence of stars.
The Greek root word of "astronomically" is "astron," which means star.
The Greek root meaning angle or corner is "gonia."
From the word αστέρας (asteras) ancient αστήρ (astir) meaning star.
Asteroid comes from the Greek word Aster meaning star.Other words that have Aster as there route :-Asterism(Star Constellation), Disaster (Bad Star), Asterisk (Small Star),
The Greek root of "disaster" is "dis-" which means "apart" or "away." Combined with the Latin root "astrum" meaning "star," the word translates to "bad star," reflecting the belief in ancient times that misfortune was caused by the influence of stars.
Asterisk. Aster.
From the word αστέρας (asteras) ancient αστήρ (astir) meaning star.
The Greek root meaning nerve is "neur" or "neuro", which is commonly used in words related to the nervous system or nerve function.
Astronomy and astronaut have the root 'Astros' which means star.
Asteroid comes from the Greek word Aster meaning star.Other words that have Aster as there route :-Asterism(Star Constellation), Disaster (Bad Star), Asterisk (Small Star),
Astro - Greek for 'star'
hyper is a greek root word meaning over-. υπερ- (hyper-)
The Greek root word of "astronomically" is "astron," which means star.
Space -------------------------------- Astro is greek for "star." Here's a source to back up my answer: http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookit.pl?latin=astro
Somatic is a word containing the Greek root "soma-", meaning body.
Graph is a Greek root meaning "to write."