-astro
Interlingua edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English -aster, French -âtre, Italian -astro, Portuguese -astro/Spanish -astro, all ultimately from Latin -aster and -astrum.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
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-astro
- forms nouns from nouns, denoting a someone inferior or worthless; -aster
- poeta (“poet”) + -astro → poetastro (“poetaster”)
- judice (“judge”) + -astro → judicastro (“incompetent judge”)
- forms nouns from nouns, denoting a collection; step-
Usage notes edit
- This suffix is used to indicate males, the coordinate female suffix being -astra.
Derived terms edit
Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -astro not found
References edit
- Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin -astrum,[1] accusative singular of -aster. Cognate to French -âtre and Spanish -astro.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-astro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -astri, feminine -astra)
- used to form pejoratives; -aster, -ster
- giovine (“young”) + -astro → giovinastro (“youngster”)
- poeta (“poet”) + -astro → poetastro (“poetaster”)
- step-
- fratello (“brother”) + -astro → fratellastro (“stepbrother”)
- sorella (“sister”) + -astra → sorellastra (“stepsister”)
- figlio (“son”) + -astro → figliastro (“stepson”)
Suffix edit
-astro (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -astra, masculine plural -astri, feminine plural -astre)
- appended to a colour/color; -ish
- bianco (“white”) + -astro → biancastro (“whitish”)
- nero (“black”) + -astro → nerastro (“blackish”)
Derived terms edit
References edit
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Adjective edit
-astrō
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Suffix edit
-astro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -astros)
- -aster (forms pejoratives)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Suffix edit
-astro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -astros, feminine -astra, feminine plural -astras)
- forms nouns with a pejorative or lower meaning
- político (“politician”) + -astro → politicastro (“corrupt politician”)
- hermano (“brother”) + -astro → hermanastro (“stepbrother”)
- hijo (“son”) + -astro → hijastro (“stepson”)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “-astro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014