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Latin
Etymology
From fīli(us) (“son”) + -aster. Found in Late Latin.
Pronunciation
Noun
fīliaster m (genitive fīliastrī, feminine fīliastra); second declension
- stepson
- son-in-law
- nephew, sister's son
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Coordinate terms
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
See also
References
- “filiaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- filiaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.