instar

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• UK: /ˈɪnstɑː/
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• General-American: /ˈɪnstɑɹ/
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• UK: /ɪnˈstɑː/
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• US: /ɪnˈstɑɹ/
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From Latin instar (“form, likeness”), which is of obscure origin.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *h2eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h2stḗr Proto-Germanic *sternǭ Proto-West Germanic *sternō Proto-West Germanic *sterrō Old English steorra Middle English sterre English star English instar From in- + star.

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 齡 /龄 (líng) — stage in the development of arthropods
• Chinese Mandarin: 蛻變期 /蜕变期 (tuìbiànqī) — stage in the development of arthropods
• Chinese Mandarin: 蛻期 /蜕期 (tuìqī) — stage in the development of arthropods
• Finnish: kehitysvaihe — stage in the development of arthropods
• French: stade — stage in the development of arthropods
• German: Larvenstadium — stage in the development of arthropods
• German: Entwicklungsstadium — stage in the development of arthropods
• Greek: στάδιο (stádio) — stage in the development of arthropods
• Russian: во́зраст (vózrast) — stage in the development of arthropods
• Spanish: estadio — stage in the development of arthropods
• German: Larve — arthropod at a specified one of these stages
• Finnish: kehitysvaihe — by extension: development stage
• German: Entwicklungsstadium — by extension: development stage
• Japanese: 齢 — by extension: development stage