stjern

Updated: May 12, 2025

The Spanish word is estrella, a modified derivative, but still one that bears in its structure the marks of its Latin origin; the French word étoile is a still more altered product of word evolution. Even in the German stern, Norse stjern, Danish starn, and English star we may recognize mutual affinities and common ancestral structure.

Henry Edward Crampton - The Doctrine of Evolution: Its Basis and Its Scope