-aster

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-aster

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin -aster (“little, petty, partial, incomplete”).

suffix

morpheme Used to form diminutive and pejorative nouns, labeling someone pretending to be what they are not. poet + -aster → poetaster (“unskilled poet”)

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suffix -aster

Español	-astro, -astra, -astre
Português	-astro, -acho
Français	-âtre

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"-aster." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-aster. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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-aster. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-aster

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"-aster." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-aster.

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@misc{aster_2026,
  title = {-aster},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-aster},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}