sidero-

¹

1. a combining form meaning “iron,” used in the formation of compound words:

   siderolite.

sidero-

²

1. a combining form meaning “star,” “constellation,” used in the formation of compound words:

   siderostat.

sidero-

combining_form

1. indicating iron

   siderolite

Word History and Origins

Origin of sidero-¹

< Greek sidēro-, combining form of sídēros iron

Origin of sidero-²

< Latin sīder- (stem of sīdus ) star-group + -o-

Word History and Origins

Origin of sidero-¹

from Greek sidēros

Example Sentences

They found her living in great misery and so they looked for Sidero, to punish her.

From Literature

In great anger he put her away and married one of her maids, Sidero, who ill-treated her.

From Literature

A £800m plan by UK company Minoan for five holiday villages and three golf courses at Cavo Sidero, one of the most remote and ecologically fragile areas of Crete, has been condemned by ecologists and historians and is being fought through the courts.

From The Guardian

He buries the dead in a makeshift cemetery on a hill near his village of Sidero.

From Time

Its north-eastern extremity, Cape Sidero, is distant about 110 m. from Cape Krio in Asia Minor, the interval being partly filled by the islands of Carpathos and Rhodes; its north-western, Cape Grabusa, is within 60 m. of Cape Malea in the Morea.

From Project Gutenberg