French · noun

étoile

‘a star’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
star
star
French
étoile
étoile
Hindi
ताराtārā
तारा
Telugu
నక్షత్రంnakṣatraṁ
నక్షత్రం
Tamil
நட்சத்திரம்naṭcattiram
நட்சத்திரம்
  • நட்சத்திரம்Tamil⟷నక్షత్రంTelugu· shared loan — both borrowed from the same source

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  1. 01étoile is a French noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('a star') can be approximated as HAVE(SEE, ABOVE, FAR) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.4 steps
  3. 03étoile is inherited from Latin stēlla ‘star’ (confidence 0.85).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:star-la-fr0.85
    • sourcetlfi0.85
  4. 04Aligned forms: English star (translation equivalent); Hindi तारा (tārā) (translation equivalent); Tamil நட்சத்திரம் (naṭcattiram) (translation equivalent); Telugu నక్షత్రం (nakṣatraṁ) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. stēllaLatin— inherited →étoile accepted
    tlfi0.85