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Interlingua
Etymology
Borrowed from English -aster, French -âtre, Italian -astro, Portuguese -astro/Spanish -astro, all ultimately from Latin -aster and -astrum.
Pronunciation
Suffix
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- forms nouns from nouns, denoting a someone inferior or worthless; -aster
- poeta (“poet”) + -astro → poetastro (“poetaster”)
- judice (“judge”) + -astro → judicastro (“incompetent judge”)
- forms nouns from nouns, denoting a collection; step-
- patre (“father”) + -astro → patrastro (“stepfather”)
- filia (“daughter”) + -astra → filiastra (“stepdaughter”)
Usage notes
- This suffix is used to indicate males, the coordinate female suffix being -astra.
Derived terms
Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -astro not found
References
- Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN
Italian
Etymology
From Latin -astrum, accusative singular of -aster.
Cognate to French -âtre and Spanish -astro.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-astro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -astri, feminine -astra)
- used to form pejoratives; -aster, -ster
- giovine (“young”) + -astro → giovinastro (“youngster”)
- poeta (“poet”) + -astro → poetastro (“poetaster”)
- step-
- fratello (“brother”) + -astro → fratellastro (“stepbrother”)
- sorella (“sister”) + -astra → sorellastra (“stepsister”)
- figlio (“son”) + -astro → figliastro (“stepson”)
Suffix
-astro (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -astra, masculine plural -astri, feminine plural -astre)
- appended to a colour/color; -ish
- bianco (“white”) + -astro → biancastro (“whitish”)
- nero (“black”) + -astro → nerastro (“blackish”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ “-astro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
-astrō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -aster
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin -aster.
Suffix
-astro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -astros)
- -aster (forms pejoratives)
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin -aster.
Suffix
-astro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -astros, feminine -astra, feminine plural -astras)
- forms nouns with a pejorative or lower meaning
- político (“politician”) + -astro → politicastro (“corrupt politician”)
- hermano (“brother”) + -astro → hermanastro (“stepbrother”)
- hijo (“son”) + -astro → hijastro (“stepson”)
Derived terms
Further reading