-aster

English

suffix

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -aster (petty, incomplete, partial, little).

Origin

Latin

-aster

Gloss

petty, incomplete, partial, little

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-aster Latin
-astro Spanish, Castilian
-astro Portuguese
nastre Old French
-astre Catalan, Valencian
nestich Middle Dutch