daysterre
Middle English
noun
Definitions
- A bright celestial body visible to the naked eye in the eastern sky near dawn; typically Venus, sometimes Mercury.
- (by extension) Dawn.
- (figuratively) One who inspires hope or happiness in another.
- (Christianity) The Christ child.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English dæġsteorra compound from Middle English day + Middle English sterre (star).
Origin
Middle English
sterre
Gloss
star
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
星
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- day English
- daystar English
- star English
- dæġ Old English
- dæġsteorra Old English
- steorra Old English
- Childermasse day Middle English
- Paske day Middle English
- alday Middle English
- day Middle English
- dayly Middle English
- ende-day Middle English
- endyng day Middle English
- euensterre Middle English
- halyday Middle English
- lawday Middle English
- morwynsterre Middle English
- sterling Middle English
- sterre Middle English
- todæig Middle English
- weke-day Middle English
- yesterday Middle English
- day Scots