-aste
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin -āstis, short counterpart to -āvistis. For example, Italian lodaste, < Latin laudā(vi)stis.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-aste (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form the second-person past historic and imperfect subjunctive of regular -are verbs
References edit
- Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 145
Anagrams edit
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin -āstī, short counterpart to -āvistī.
Suffix edit
-aste (1st conj.)
- a suffix indicating the second-person singular preterite indicative of a verb in -ar
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -aste, from Latin -āstī, short counterpart to -āvistī. Cognate with Galician -aches and Spanish -aste.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-aste
- a suffix indicating the second-person singular preterite indicative of a verb in -ar
See also edit
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin -āstī, short counterpart to -āvistī.
Suffix edit
-aste
- Suffix indicating the second-person singular indicative preterite of -ar verbs.