astr / aster
star
Greek · aster, astron (ἀστήρ, ἄστρον)
Astr and aster words come from the Greek word for star. They name star study, stars in space, star-shaped signs and even bad luck, since disaster once meant a bad star.
Memory trick
Astro is the star: an astronaut travels among them.
Words from this root
- aster (aster) — a star-shaped flowerतारे जैसा फूल
- asterisk (aster + isk) — a small star-shaped markतारा चिह्न (*)
- asteroid (aster + oid) — a small rocky body orbiting the sunक्षुद्रग्रह
- astral (astr + al) — of the starsतारों का
- astrology (astro + logy) — belief that stars shape livesज्योतिष
- astrologer (astrology + er) — one who studies astrologyज्योतिषी
- astronomy (astro + nomy) — scientific study of stars and spaceखगोल विज्ञान
- astronomer (astronomy + er) — a scientist who studies starsखगोलशास्त्री
- astronomical (astronomy + ical) — huge, like numbers in spaceविशाल, अथाह
- astronaut (astro + naut) — a space travellerअंतरिक्ष यात्री
- astrolabe (astro + labe) — an old instrument to measure star positionतारों की स्थिति मापने का पुराना यंत्र
- astrobiology (astro + biology) — study of life beyond Earthअंतरिक्ष में जीवन का अध्ययन
- disaster (dis + aster) — a great misfortuneभारी विपत्ति
- disastrous (disaster + ous) — causing great harmविनाशकारी