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Italian
Etymology
From Latin -āstis, short counterpart to -āvistis. For example, Italian lodaste, < Latin laudā(vi)stis.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-aste (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form the second-person past historic and imperfect subjunctive of regular -are verbs
References
- Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 145
Anagrams
Old Galician-Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin -āstī, short counterpart to -āvistī.
Suffix
-aste (1st conj.)
- a suffix indicating the second-person singular preterite indicative of a verb in -ar
- amar (“to love”) + -aste → amaste (“ loved”)
- matar (“to kill”) + -aste → mataste (“ killed”)
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -aste, from Latin -āstī, short counterpart to -āvistī. Cognate with Galician -aches and Spanish -aste.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-aste
- a suffix indicating the second-person singular preterite indicative of a verb in -ar
- amar (“to love”) + -aste → amaste (“ loved”)
- cantar (“to sing”) + -aste → cantaste (“ sang”)
See also
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin -āstī, short counterpart to -āvistī.
Suffix
-aste
- Suffix indicating the second-person singular indicative preterite of -ar verbs.
See also