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asterisk (n.)
"figure used in printing and writing to indicate footnote, omission, etc.," late 14c.,
asterich
,
asterisc
, from Late Latin
asteriscus
, from Greek
asterikos
"little star," diminutive of
aster
"star" (see
astro-
). As a verb from 1733.
