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-st¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English -st; see -est.

suffix

  1. archaic, morpheme Verb suffix for the second-person singular; Alternative form of -est. Thou com'st to use thy tongue.

-st²

Where it comes from

From the written form of first; see further etymology there.

suffix

  1. morpheme Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is "first" the 21st century

-st³

Where it comes from

From -s + -t of excrescent suffixes, with -s sometimes genitive.

suffix

  1. morpheme Excrescent suffix (adding sound but largely not changing the meaning). among + -st → amongst

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suffix first

日本語第 dai
Françaisʳᵉ, (ère) f, ᵉʳˢ, (ères) f
Deutsch-st-
Italiano°, º, ª, ^ erroneous

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

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{st_2026,
  title = {-st},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-st},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}