Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗suffix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySomeone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified. · A diminutive appended to a person's name.
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster From Middle English -estere, -ester, from Old English -estre (“-ster”, feminine agent suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā, of disputed origin. Cognate with Middle Low German -ester, Dutch -ster.
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