the romanian word "aste" can be translated to "these"the romanian word "risc" can be translated to "risk"Asterisk means "these risks"
Aster is star (asteroids are star-likes!) but I'm not sure what an aste is and I'm certainly not going to kiss one.
Astérix 👌.
FunFact, even us, french baguettes, can have it hard with this one.