Astro is space. They were in space. Astronaut.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Astro comes from the Greek word for "star"

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Yes, but the word itself means 'space'

by Anonymous 3 years ago

But the Greeks didn't know what stars were and also called the planets stars (wandering stars).

by Anonymous 3 years ago

So a star blaster is actually an assblaster!?

by Anonymous 3 years ago

What about cosmonauts?

by Anonymous 3 years ago

If you're going to be \*that\* precise with language, you should know that the terms "lunanaut" and "lunarnaut" have already long been coined and are technically more correct than "lunaut". Take your point about the prefix "astro-" technically relating to stars, but common usage since at least the 1950s says otherwise. That's the thing about English; it evolves.

by Anonymous 3 years ago