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語源

Inherited from 古期英語 -estre, from Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā. The change from -estre to -estere is probably due to analogy with -ere and apocopated forms of this suffix (i.e. -ester).

発音

• IPA: /-(ə)stər(ə)/, /-(ə)strə/

接尾辞

-estere

1. Forms (often feminine) agent nouns from other nouns or verbs; -ster, -ress.

使用する際の注意点

• Some nouns formed with this suffix exclusively refer to women throughout the Middle English period, while others come to refer to men as well; a few Middle English formations (e.g. demestere) are only found referring to men.

派生語

派生した語

• English: -ster
  • ⇒ English: -stress
• Scots: -ster

参照

• “--estre, -(e)ster, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.