Astron - A Greek Word Behind Many Interesting English Words

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The term Astron is a word from ancient Greek dictonary. It plays a pivotal role in the formation of great many English words. The term connotes stars or planetary bodies.

So, the word Astronomy is a combination of words: astron (stars) and nomos (arrangement). Thus, the word signifies the study of the arrangement of stars, planets, and things that we see in the night sky; and an astronomer studies the arrangement of stars and planets; and an astronaut (astron meaning stars plus nautes meaning sailor) visits planets or travels in space..

Astrology is the science (logy) or study of the influence of planets, stars, and Nakshatras on human life and events. People in ancient ages believed that stars have a significant impact on the birth, life, success, and death of human beings.

The flower Aster gets its name because of its star-like shape. Although stars are usually round, or have a ball or orange like shape, the name was given on how stars and planets look from earth.

Asterisk (*) is a star shaped symbol. 

Disaster, too, is rooted from aster. 'Dis' is a prefix that denotes something negative. Thereby, disaster is when stars are NOT in your favor, a term quite closely related to Astrology, often used by Astrologers, the fortune tellers.

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